[NTLUG:Discuss] Screen Shots

[Chris Cox]

David Ross wrote:
> On Tuesday 11 January 2005 05:39 am, Steve Baker wrote:
> 
>>David Ross wrote:
>>
>>>I have a problem when taking a screen shot.If i have a movie on the
>>>screen (Totem/Ogle/Mplayer) or TV (TVTime/XawTV) the screen shot ends up
>>>being a blue box where the video should be as if there was no signal.
>>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>I've also noticed that you can't get a screenshot from these programs,
>>presumably because they talk to the graphics hardware at a very low level.
>>
> 
> 
> Maybe an example is in order
> Here's what i want
> http://ntlug.org/screenshots/svcd-ut2004.gif shows xine playing a movie
> Here's how mine comes out...sometimes black sometimes blue but no pic
> http://24.32.5.119/tvtest.jpg 
> 

mplayer -vo x11 <blah-blah-blah>
xine -V xshm <blah-blah-blah>
(don't remember ogle's option line)