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author: einar
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comments: true
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date: 2011-05-22 08:57:00+00:00
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layout: page
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slug: kde-vlc-snapper
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title: KDE VLC Snapper
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wordpress_id: 891
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image:
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feature: banner.jpg
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credit: Melissa Akdins
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creditlink: http://www.melissaadkins.com
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---
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KDE VLC Snapper is a small PyKDE4 based program to perform automated screencapping of DVD chapters or movie files. It is based on the VLC Python bindings.
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I created this program to quickly get a number of screenshots from a movie stream so I could post them to my blog.
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[](http://www.dennogumi.org/2011/04/taking-video-snapshots-quickly-kde-vlc-snapper/vlcsnapper_resized-png)
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## Requirements
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* Python (2.6 and 2.7 should work reliably)
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* distribute
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* PyKDE4
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* VLC 1.1.x
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* dvdread and lsdvd (used for DVD chapter screencapping)
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* numpy (optional)
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## Download
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The currently available version is **0.1**.
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You can download the latest source from [KDE-apps.org](http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php/KDE+VLC+Snapper?content=141977) or access the the Git repository on [GitHub](https://github.com/cswegger/kde-vlc-snapper):
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git clone git://github.com/cswegger/kde-vlc-snapper.git
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## Installation
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Untar the archive, and run:
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python setup.py install
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as root. Supply the --prefix option if you want to install to a specific prefix (default /usr/local).
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## Usage
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Simply select your media file or DVD chapter, set the number of required screencaps and the destination directory and click on _Capture_.
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## Known issues
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* Some media files make the program crash (hard to debug)
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## License
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This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2, or at your option, any later version.
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###
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