Hi guys, Im after a little help in capturing some stills from some AVI's I have . Everything Ive tried up to now has failed. Any of you computer Guru's got a link to any software that will do the trick or a work around ? Cheers in advance

GOM player, capture is easy to use, plays everything and is FREE

pause the file when playing. press alt-prtscreen

load up paint, press ctrl-v - crop and save.

I too vote for the GOM player available free @

http://www.gomlab.com/eng/GMP_download.html

Not only does it do screen captures but has a vast repository of codecs to insure that you can play what you may download. I came across a MKV file and in two clicks GOM had found the codec and was able to play the file.

VLC Player is also an excellent player and its also free.

It will play almost anything, certainly and avi file.

You just hit CTRL-S and it takes a snapshot at that point.

Some like to freeze the video [just hit the SPACEBAR]

before sanpping the pic but it is not necessary.

http://www.videolan.org/

Cheers

VLC Player is also an excellent player and its also free.

It will play almost anything, certainly and avi file.

You just hit CTRL-S and it takes a snapshot at that point.

Some like to freeze the video [just hit the SPACEBAR]

before sanpping the pic but it is not necessary.

http://www.videolan.org/

Cheers

VLC is an excelllent player? You must be joking .. never tried to play an .mkv file is it?

There are various free and pay dedicated software packages to do this .. just google .....

Just exactly what is it that generates an .mkv file ?

Never heard of it.

Just exactly what is it that generates an .mkv file ?

Never heard of it.

"Matroska is a container format file that stores multiple streams (video, audio and subtitles). These streams may require you to install decoding software and filters to playback depending on what player you use. For most MKV files you find, there is a player not based on DirectShow (so you probably won't have to install any extra decoding software or filters) that has support for Matroska files, VideoLan Client (VLC).

With the VLC player you are actually getting two things; a fine player with support for Matroska, and support for most video and audio streams you will find in an MKV file. This means that you most likely will not have to install any extra codecs or filters, depending on what your streams are. "

Source: AfterDawn

Programs that can play it > http://extension.informer.com/mkv/

Often 720 & 1080 HD HiDef are in this format.

The Matroska site and player list > http://www.matroska.org/technical/guides/p...dows/index.html