anyone know of free software that does this?
would also like it to have frame by frame advance feature. instead of just trying to pause it. vlc does SC but no frame by frame unless it is has been added in last year or so.
looking for free software to do HQ screeencaps of xvid avi files
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john connor
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john connor
Memberok thanks ,waiting for your reply
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goodgotd
Memberthe one I was thinking of must be on my (inaccessible) xp desktop, but this one looks like it might work- it's free.
http://software.tutorialsroom.com/video-edit-master/
Video Edit Master V1.8
Capturing video frames as images.
A preview to help you cut and join files precisely.
Installation not necessary. Just unzip and run VideoEditMaster.exe
http://www.tutorialsroom.com/tutorials/av/free-video-editor.htmlworth trying while I keep looking... in fact I'm going to try it next time I edit captured divx...
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goodgotd
Memberthis one needs Windows Media Player 9 and later, and .NET Framework 2.0 or higher, but looks meant for what you want:
Image by Image 1.1.3212
http://www.freewarefiles.com/Image-By-Image_program_29212.htmlVideo player to view video image by image (AVI and WMV). It works good if the "Speed Play" menu (Fast, Normal, Slow) are enabled (see contextual menu). For all video files, you can set with precision the position in the video stream ("Set Position..." button).
For a capture of image in a video, right-click for contextual menu access, select "Options", click on the "Performance" tab and slide the "Video Performance - Hardware Acceleration" tab down, all the way to none. Reset the video parameters after the capture.
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john connor
Memberhey goodgotd I am going to try Video Edit Master V1.8 I had to google it and find link to DL it as I didnt see a link on that other page. got it from cnet.com
it looks like a good cutter joiner which I also need as I tried xillsoft, and 1/2 the time the audio is out of synch after the cut. I sometimes Dl a talk sow but just want to keep the part with one guest.
I didnt see where it said this would capture images. and it did say it wasnt frame accurate, and used key frames.
the other one I am going to check out now , but I dont have wmp installed on my comp so it might not work.Posted 14 years ago # -
goodgotd
Memberhttp://www.doeasier.org/splitter/
http://www.doeasier.org/joiner/have been the most reliable pair over all the different variants of avi, interleaved or not, etc. *not* frame-accurate. but fast and works (knock on wood) bloody near every time. Unlike DVDVideoSoft's suite, which dislikes various divx flavors from my capture box.
don't recall if frame-accuracy is that good with it (I confess I've never used it for editing) but a huge number of capture cards had the now unsupported windvd creator 2 so it should be easy to find, and if you wanna go that far, there's always the Womble Mpeg Video Wizard DVD given away recently. I know it's frame accurate and reasonably sure captures it can do too. and there's still Zwei-Stein Video Editor and a host of others to try. look at searching for "video edit' at http://www.freewarefiles.com/- or do the same at wikipedia, even. Gotta be something in the heap that'll work.
(btw, *finding* the freaking pix can be interesting, with the NT-series operating systems wanting to put everything in docs and settings.)
BTW, what do you mean by HQ? NTSC standard is 640x480 which between VHS and TV's getting 200 line resolution- you never saw. (320x240 can be snuck by easily( with adaptive widescreen at 720x480 (ok, subtract 18 off the 480 lines you really don't want but are in there) and then HD gets to a max of 1920x1080- anything bigger is interpretative enlargement.
Posted 14 years ago # -
john connor
Memberok thanks
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john connor
MemberI got the Womble Mpeg Video Wizard DVD but it only does .mpg files, it does have frame by frame .
I used to use image grabber II , but the caps were low quality, but I just found out that if I use another setting of progressive JPG then the quality is much better, but still have to play and pause , no frame by frame.
by HQ I just mean that they look good at a resoultion of 1024.
some SC when you look at them as a1024 res. they look grainy or rough.
I will look around and may try the new vlc, I am using a older version which I like, but it doesnt have frame by frame.
and when you update software oftentimes I dont like the "new " version.
making something better is one thing but putting too much in or changing the gui I dont like. so I hesitate a long time before updating.
I went from firefox 1.5 to 3.5 and it was ok but some features I cant get rid of are irritatingPosted 14 years ago # -
goodgotd
Membervlc 1.0.5 *does* has a 'frame-by-frame' button in windowed mode- advances one frame per click- click play to resume- and snapshots are easy.
any app you use snapshot resolution of course is video resolution, I've never gone past 720p, 1280wx720h. If you use a 320x200 source that's what you get. DivX and DVD standard is 720x480.
try using XNview or Irfanview and a good (lanczos or hanning) resample and image enhance to resize up, look for a photoshop plugin if you don't like the built-in routines.
I got the Womble Mpeg Video Wizard DVD but it only does .mpg files
it ain't so! the one given away will open any format you have a codec installed for. I've used it for divx and xvid avi's, x264 in .mkv files... literally yesterday.
go to Codec Guide, I use the K-Lite Codec Pack Standard or Full, currently at version 5.9.0.
(I usually install full, but then you have to reset the video associations back to your preferred player instead of media player classic.)
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john connor
Memberthanks goodgotd, I am still using a older version of vlc, I guess I better update it!
but thanks for the how to get to snapshots in it.
Womble Mpeg Video Wizard DVD.... I thought I tried opening a avi in this and it only saw mpg files , but I will try again as I have all the codecs installed.Posted 14 years ago # -
goodgotd
Memberno problem- but honest, if you have the codecs it will open them. I did that just before I posted that message- to convert some H.264 encoded .MKV files to standard Video-DVD for somebody that didn't even have a late enough production DVD player to play DivX. Worked fine. Have fun!
Posted 14 years ago # -
john connor
Memberwell I had a program all along that would do what I wanted!
virtual dub !
if you open a avi in VD you can go frame by frame , use the slider to get to part you might want to do a screen cap , then use ctrl + 1 to capture the frame, then it is on clipboard, so then you have to paste it in a photo editor , and save as whatever.
I made a blank image and put on desktop , just to paste into. it is actually very quick once you develop a system.
the frame captures are high quality,[look good no artifacts or blur] so now I will just use virtual dub which if you dont know is a free program.
it will also capture every frame in the video automatically, if you use one of the video menu items,but dont do that, I did it with a 5 min vid and it was 7900 pictures
in one folder LOL, every single frame.
I think virtual dub only does avi files though , but I have other programs for dvd and mpeg, would be nice to have one program that would do all 3 easily.Posted 14 years ago #
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