How can I grab a screenshot from a video or DVD with VLC Media Player for MAC

Grab screenshot from video or DVD quickly

VLC Media Player is not only a full-funtional player for multimedia, but also is a easy-to-use tool for grabbing screenshot from video or DVD.

"I've got VLC Media Player and I wanted to know how I can capture still images from the video or DVD to save as .jpg or other formats."

At some time in the past, we find that it is difficult to grab a screenshot from a video or DVD. Luckily, now there is a kind of free and powerful software VLC Media Player to do that easily.

I recommend it because it is most popular with all the computer users, and it is very flexible to use. Besides, VLC comes with inbuilt feature to grab screenshot from videos or DVD.

Steps for grabbing screenshot from Video

What you need to prepare for grabbing screenshot?

1. Download VLC Media Player.
2. Install it on your computer correctly.

Step1. Open your video on VLC media player.

Open the video you want to grab with VLC media player from your multimedia files.

Step2. On Video menu click Snapshot

Menu bar –> Video –> Snapshot (You can pause your video to the point you need to grab in order to keep the quality of the screenshot.)

You screenshot is be saved. You can find your screenshot from default store location.

Tips: If you want to change default storage location, you can go to Menu –> Tools –> Preference –> Video –> Video Snapshot section and change your location.

The other way of grabbing screenshot from Video

While your video is playing or paused in VLC, press Ctrl+Alt+S to grab a screenshot that will automatically be saved to the "My Pictures" directory of your "My Documents" folder.