screen captures...need some advice

[taralee469]

I'm a complete newbie to all of this. Okay, I have a movie that I got from a newsgroup. I unrared (is that a word?) the files into a .cue file, and then I used something called vcdgear to convert the .cue to an .mpg. The movie works. Looks okay and sounds okay. But...I want to know if there is a better way to do this to get an even better quality movie. What I specifically want to do is be able to get decent quality screenshots from the movie...wishful thinking I imagine, but I thought I would ask. My specific questions are:

1) What program should I be using to convert the .cue file? And what should I convert it to?

2) Is the size of the movie set by the person who created the file? Right now it's fairly small (350 by 250 pixels or so). I know I can set it bigger when viewing the movie, but to get decent screen captures, it would be nice if it was bigger.

3) What should I be using to do screen captures of the movie? I seem to have problems currently with getting just a black screen when I do a capture (I've tried all different kinds of programs, and still get the same thing). Any idea why?

I'm running Win98 and have a GeForce2. Any advice would be appreciated...use small words and be detailed/specific--like I said, I'm pretty new to this

[taralee469]

Darn. Guess no one has any advice

[abdul]

Since you're in desperate need of some wise (ahum) words, i will give you my two cents

When i want a capture of the picture, i just hit "Print Screen" Then i past it into paint ............... select the picture and copy and past it again in a new paint window
I save it as .jpg

This works for me and i mainly to give people an idea about the quality
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If you want a larger picture then you can always expand the WMPlayerwindow a little.

I'm sure once you have the jpg that you can edit the picture in for instance Paint shop pro or simulair program

You see, the reason i didn't reply to your post before is because i don't have all the answers and i'm not quite sure whether or nor i'm babbling right now

Maybe you find some use in it ........otherwise just this reply

[setarip]

If you hold down the "Alt" key while pressing the "PrintScreen" key, you'll capture only the active window (the video)...

[abdul]

Learning something new every day..............thanks, this will save me a step

[setarip]

To abdul

My pleasure ;>}

If I ever stop learning, I'll worry...