How to configure VLC for screenshots
From Screenpedia
To optimize VLC Media Player for capturing screenshots, download/install the software from here, and then configure it in the following manner.
Alternatively, there is a 6-minute video tutorial covering these steps. Although it was created for a project called Shot Logger, it can apply to any capturing of screenshots: view it here.
- Open VLC's preferences.
- Select the Tools menu and then Preferences
- Select the Video preferences and then scroll down to its Video Snapshots section.
- Choose a Directory (aka, a "folder") in which to store your image files. Make sure it's one you can easily find later.
- Check the Sequential numbering box.
- Change the Prefix to the following in the blank:
- The name of your Keaton film, followed by
- The letters qq$Tqq
- Change the Format from PNG to JPG. (PNG files are MUCH bigger than JPEG ones.)
- When you're finished setting preferences, the Video snapshots blanks should look like the image below.
- Scroll down in preferences and be sure to click the SAVE button.
- While watching a video, you can press shortcut keys to quickly capture a screenshot to the directory/folder you set in the preferences.
- Windows: SHIFT + S
- Mac: CMD + ALT + S