lbeltrame / kde-vlc-snapper

KDE VLC Snapper A small program to take a predefined number of screenshots out of a video stream. Depends on VLC.

KDE VLC Snapper

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.

Requirements

• Python (2.6 and 2.7 should work reliably)
• PyKDE4
• VLC 1.1.x
• dvdread and lsdvd (used for DVD chapter screencapping)
• numpy (optional)

Installation

Untar the archive, and run:

python setup.py install

as root. Supply the --prefix option if you want to install to a specific prefix (default /usr/local).

Usage

Simply select your media file or DVD chapter, set the number of required screencaps and the destination directory and click on Capture.

Known issues

• Some media files make the program crash (hard to debug)

License

This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2, or at your option, any later version.