Not able to take screen shots

[brittney24]

Vista x64 in last couple of portable SVNs & also latest stable 0.8.6 x64 portable, haven't been able to take any screens.
VLC screens work fine.

Yep, have a folder selected. The last time it worked - in a recent SVN, I took ONE screen - sent it to selected folder, then it wouldn't take any more - during the same vid session & none after I restarted it. Went back & tried a couple previous portable SVNs, but they wouldn't take screens either.

I notice in smplayer.ini, it's using double back slashes (seems normal):
screenshot_folder=J:\\uTorrent\\Index Sites\\Screens\\
though in prefs, it's just J:\uTorrent\Index Sites\Screens\

Same folder I've used all along. Tried changing to another - no go.

I attached smplayer log from latest stable 0.8.6 x64 portable - just extracted it today. Plays vids OK - no screens. Shutter may be broken.

[brittney24]

Don't know how, but I fixed it. Toggled "enable screen shots;" changed folders couple times, though wound up back w/ one I'd used before - w/o success.

At 1st, thought it was another screen shot app interfering, but ruled that out. Maybe the log will give some idea.

Like when some appliance or gizmo's broken & I take it apart, look at it, put it back together & it works.
Spouse asks, "what'd you do?"
"Nothing - just looked at it."

[redxii]

For whatever reason with mplayer it can't save a screenshot while paused, it will save it when you press play again and may be no notification of it. Is that what you're seeing? Otherwise screenshots are working fine.

[brittney24]

[rvm]

[brittney24]

Uh, oh. Redxii said mplayer2 was no longer being maintained, fixes may not be made on it; it was crap & anyone that used it was insane. That's not a verbatim quote - I'm using large poetic license, there. My memory plays tricks. Seriously, I don't want to get used to using it & have to give it up, if / when it becomes unusable if fixes aren't made.

Another guy that did a Windows mplayer2 - Lachsor - hasn't updated it in a long time.

You gotta admit, having to start play again, to save a screen is ... one of a kind, AFAIK. If you rarely take screens, not an issue. If you take even 5 or 10, on ONE day - then no more, it's a pain doing it "the mplayer way."

I don't like jacking around w/ 2 or > players (SMP, VLC, etc.). I'm not asking much. Where can I find the original dev, Mr. M. Player? I'd like to tell him how much stress his decision causes many users.

[rvm]

They have a mailing list (MPlayer-users):
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/mailing_lists.html

[brittney24]

Thanks. I knew about it & tried it once. Maybe should give it another go.

[Rômulo]

Well, this is a really old topic, but that's exactly my problem: I can't take screen shots. When I try, SMplayer tells me it salved, but the folder remains empty.

Version: 15.11.0
Xubuntu 14.04
Qt 4.8.6

[rvm]

Maybe the folder is read-only?