[Gllug] Screen Capture

John Edwards john_ed at cornerstonelinux.co.uk
Tue Feb 12 16:50:36 UTC 2002


On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 04:33:42PM +0000, john wrote:
> Playing a dvd or a vCD under Linux - How do I capture a screen image?
> Using the KSnapshot I get a bright blue background where the film should be
> Why?
> 
> John S

No idea on KSnapshot, but a generic X window image capture program is xwd.

You can pass it through pnm to create a png:
	xwd -root | xwdtopnm | pnmtopng > test.png

Without the -root it will prompt you to click on a window.

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