Making screenshots/previews with Media Player Classic (MPC) ...

DubSalute · July 6th, 2008, 12:42 AM

[IMG]http://i36.*******.com/2hg4k0p.jpg[/IMG]

Example:

Media Player Classic [+/- 3MB][freeware]
Operating System : there are versions for Windows 9x and 2000/XP/Vista/7
Choose the correct one for your system and choose the latest stable version.
http://www.afterdawn.com/software/au...ema_32-bit.cfm

Note that MPC is also included in most K-Lite Codec Packs like the:
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack [+/- 17MB][freeware]
Operating System : Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7
http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...Codec_Pack.htm

Note: make sure to set the save filetype of the images to .jpg, the .bmp type is not supported by a lot of image hosts and also it will give you bigger filesizes. You can set the filetype to .jpeg when you save thumbnails or a image with Media Player Classic:

[IMG]http://i34.*******.com/15x1i54.jpg[/IMG]

Best to use a 8 rows 4 collumns setting otherwise the thumbnails will get to small to be usefull.

ghostdog8 · October 6th, 2008, 04:49 PM

Have done mys first movie screenshots with media player classic.
Works fine but i want to have more screens then 8 * 4.
If i set the rows to more then 8 i recive an error message.
out of memory buy more.

System is running von 3GB Ram. More XP cant work with.
Any idea?? Want to make better screens because the 5 or 6 min "space" ist too much.

DubSalute · October 6th, 2008, 11:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghostdog8

Have done mys first movie screenshots with media player classic.
Works fine but i want to have more screens then 8 * 4.
If i set the rows to more then 8 i recive an error message.
out of memory buy more.

Buying memory will not help ... somehow 8x8 is the maximum number of thumbs that MPC can handle i always use 8x4 thats the most usefull setting on MPC when you want more then look at Image Grabber II it gives very simular results but you are free with the number of thumbs you can use.

ghostdog8 · October 7th, 2008, 04:16 PM

Quote:

Buying memory will not help ... somehow 8x8 is the maximum number of thumbs that MPC can handle i always use 8x4 thats the most usefull setting on MPC when you want more then look at Image Grabber II it gives very simular results but you are free with the number of thumbs you can use.

Hmm, i thought i have seen some screens with more than 8*8 screenshots.
MPC always prints his logo at the top. So i have tried to make the same.

But for more i will try Image Grabber. Thanks for Info.

**zushiomaru** · January 15th, 2009, 03:36 AM

got version 6.4.9 which doesn't leave the option save Thumbnails open,
it's there,but grey(unclickable..)?!

do u need another version or can i activate it somehow?

tia,
zush

DubSalute · January 15th, 2009, 04:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zushiomaru

got version 6.4.9 which doesn't leave the option save Thumbnails open,
it's there,but grey(unclickable..)?! ...

The clip or movie where you want to make screens of must be opened in MPC first cause when there is no mediacontent loaded the save image/thumbnails options are not possible and they stay grey ... think that is whats happening in your case ...

**Roger Allott** · November 6th, 2009, 12:18 AM

Does anyone know of a Linux app that creates thumbnail screenshots of the sort that MPC does?

DubSalute · November 6th, 2009, 04:45 AM

Not familiar with Linux but Google gave me these 3 options:

movie thumbnailer (mtn):
http://moviethumbnail.sourceforge.net/

QFrameCatcher :
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/qframecatcher

GFrameCatcher:
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/gframecatcher

Succes.

**Roger Allott** · November 6th, 2009, 11:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DubSalute

Not familiar with Linux but Google gave me these 3 options:

movie thumbnailer (mtn):
http://moviethumbnail.sourceforge.net/

QFrameCatcher :
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/qframecatcher

GFrameCatcher:
http://developer.berlios.de/projects/gframecatcher

Succes.

Thanks for that.

Info for any other Linux users reading this:
mtn is a command line only app, and from what I can tell you need to compile it yourself. Good for geeks, I suppose.

QFrameCatcher and GFrameCatcher are essentially the same programme. The former is optimised for KDE and the latter is optimised for Gnome.

I've installed GFrameCatcher and it works perfectly. It's only job is to create thumbnails of movie files, so it's interface is very simple. The one drawback with it is that it doesn't pick up the aspect ratio of the movie, so you need to adjust pixel sizes of thumbnails manually.

DubSalute · November 6th, 2009, 08:29 PM

Perhaps other option for Linux:

The windows version of KMPlayer has a storyboard option:
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/t57...d-for-you.html

Perhaps thats also possible on this Linux based KMPlayer:
http://kmplayer.kde.org/screenshots.php

But no experience with it whatsoever.

July 6th, 2008, 12:42 AM	#1
DubSalute Blocked! Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,775 Thanks: 8,926 Thanked 40,894 Times in 3,185 Posts	Making screenshots/previews with Media Player Classic (MPC) ... [IMG]http://i36.*****.com/2hg4k0p.jpg[/IMG] Example: Media Player Classic [+/- 3MB][freeware] Operating System : there are versions for Windows 9x and 2000/XP/Vista/7 Choose the correct one for your system and choose the latest stable version. http://www.afterdawn.com/software/au...ema_32-bit.cfm Note that MPC is also included in most K-Lite Codec Packs like the: K-Lite Mega Codec Pack [+/- 17MB][freeware] Operating System : Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7 http://www.free-codecs.com/download/...Codec_Pack.htm Note: make sure to set the save filetype of the images to .jpg, the .bmp type is not supported by a lot of image hosts and also it will give you bigger filesizes. You can set the filetype to .jpeg when you save thumbnails or a image with Media Player Classic: [IMG]http://i34.****.com/15x1i54.jpg[/IMG] Best to use a 8 rows 4 collumns setting otherwise the thumbnails will get to small to be usefull. Last edited by DubSalute; February 11th, 2009 at 05:29 PM..*

November 6th, 2009, 04:45 AM	#8
DubSalute Blocked! Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,775 Thanks: 8,926 Thanked 40,894 Times in 3,185 Posts	Thumbnails on Linux Not familiar with Linux but Google gave me these 3 options: movie thumbnailer (mtn): http://moviethumbnail.sourceforge.net/ QFrameCatcher : http://developer.berlios.de/projects/qframecatcher GFrameCatcher: http://developer.berlios.de/projects/gframecatcher Succes.

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October 6th, 2008, 04:49 PM	#2
ghostdog8 Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 42 Thanks: 489 Thanked 1,311 Times in 37 Posts	Have done mys first movie screenshots with media player classic. Works fine but i want to have more screens then 8 * 4. If i set the rows to more then 8 i recive an error message. out of memory buy more. System is running von 3GB Ram. More XP cant work with. Any idea?? Want to make better screens because the 5 or 6 min "space" ist too much.

January 15th, 2009, 03:36 AM	#5
zushiomaru Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,017 Thanks: 12,388 Thanked 48,561 Times in 1,913 Posts	got version 6.4.9 which doesn't leave the option save Thumbnails open, it's there,but grey(unclickable..)?! do u need another version or can i activate it somehow? tia, zush

November 6th, 2009, 12:18 AM	#7
Roger Allott Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 7,937 Thanks: 10,958 Thanked 155,877 Times in 8,000 Posts	Does anyone know of a Linux app that creates thumbnail screenshots of the sort that MPC does?

November 6th, 2009, 08:29 PM	#10
DubSalute Blocked! Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,775 Thanks: 8,926 Thanked 40,894 Times in 3,185 Posts	Perhaps other option for Linux: The windows version of KMPlayer has a storyboard option: http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/t57...d-for-you.html Perhaps thats also possible on this Linux based KMPlayer: http://kmplayer.kde.org/screenshots.php But no experience with it whatsoever.