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To have easier access to taking a snapshot, you can make an icon show up in the controls.
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Right-click on the video and then press Snapshot from the contextual menu. When you take a snapshot, by default a preview is displayed at the top left and the folder where the file is saved, briefly displayed on the screen. When you see a scene you want to capture, click Video –>Take Snapshot.
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In Windows, press Shift + S simultaneously on your keyboard to take a VLC screenshot. The easiest way to extract frames from videos with VLC is with the keyboard shortcuts.
VLC SCREENSHOT MOVIE
VLC allows you to take a screenshot of your favorite part of the video and save it as an image for your further use and you can make your favorite movie scenes, desktop background. One of which is the want to take a snapshot of videos you’re watching.
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VLC media player is widely used in personal laptops, PC and even in smartphones. VLC media player is a free video player for Windows.
VLC SCREENSHOT HOW TO
VLC SCREENSHOT MAC OS
In Mac OS X: Snapshots are saved in Desktop/ Configuring Snapshot Directory and Formats In Linux: Snapshots are saved in $(HOME)/.vlc/ * Assuming that Windows documents folder or user folder is in C: drive. In Windows XP: Snapshots are saved in C:\My Documents\My Pictures In Windows 7: Snapshots are saved in C:\Users\username\My Pictures Snapshot files are automatically saved to default locations based on the operating system that you use.