As it turned out, the HypersnapDX that Patric suggested wouldnt capture the video image either. Just like all the other capture mechanisms I'd tried up to that point, it captured anything on the desktop EXCEPT the content of the video. Which is what i wanted in the first place.
So here's what I ended up doing: I used right-click/ Open with ... and tried a few programs, none of which would capture the image i needed. All captured anything BUT the video. I used right-click/open with ... and chose Internet explorer. It opened the video and I was able to capture it by using Alt-PrtScrn (anyone forgotten what those keys are for? it copies a window or the whole desktop to the clipboard, to be pasted into some other program). I pasted the result into a new image in fireworks, then cropped off all the bits of the desktop I didnt want, reduced the size of the image, exported it as a jpg and used it in my content management system. If anyone wants to see the result, it's at http://bluegrass.org.au/index.cfm?pid=111454 WARNING: content includes banjos - view with adult supervision. It links to a 3.5minute video done with flash video. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 5/17/06, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I use Macromedia's RoboScreenCapture. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Tong - TalkWebSolutions.co.uk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 6:29 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: What do you use to capture a video frame? > > I use snagIT www.techsmith.com/ > > -- > Nick Tong > > web: http://talkwebsolutions.co.uk > blog: http://succor.co.uk > shorturls: http://wapurl.co.uk > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:240747 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
