It depends on what type of file you are screencapping.
If I'm screencapping mpegs or directly from a dvd, I use WinDVD. I can litally shuttle forward frame by frame, which gives me control over what I'm capping.
For avi's I prefer to use VLC. Under Preferences, click on Video and you'll see a browse button for choosing where you want to save your Snapshots to.
VLC has an auto-snapshooting option if you want it, but I've never used it. I prefer to control the screenapping myself.
VLC doesn't give you a snapshotting button. You need to pause the image where you want to screencap, right-click your mouse, and click on Snapshot. You'll then get a small image of your snapshot in the upper left corner and text saying where it has been saved to.
I'm a bit anal retentive about screencapping, so I tend to go for big files - like the 720p mkv files - convert them to avi using Super and then screencap them with VLC as it retains the original size of the image, where WinDVD often produces a smaller image.
I get much better results editing a large hi-res HD file capped from an avi.
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If I'm screencapping mpegs or directly from a dvd, I use WinDVD. I can litally shuttle forward frame by frame, which gives me control over what I'm capping.
For avi's I prefer to use VLC. Under Preferences, click on Video and you'll see a browse button for choosing where you want to save your Snapshots to.
VLC has an auto-snapshooting option if you want it, but I've never used it. I prefer to control the screenapping myself.
VLC doesn't give you a snapshotting button. You need to pause the image where you want to screencap, right-click your mouse, and click on Snapshot. You'll then get a small image of your snapshot in the upper left corner and text saying where it has been saved to.
I'm a bit anal retentive about screencapping, so I tend to go for big files - like the 720p mkv files - convert them to avi using Super and then screencap them with VLC as it retains the original size of the image, where WinDVD often produces a smaller image.
I get much better results editing a large hi-res HD file capped from an avi.