Is there a way?

Is there a way of taking a picture from a video - does that sound daft?

Hi Sweep, do you mean halting it and doing a screengrab, or taking an actually photographic picture of your screen?

Yes no problem, but you need a PC that has a video edit programme so you can 'grab' a still and a programme that can adjust the acquired still to de-interlace. If you mean can you take a photo of a video you are showing on a TV, I don't know but I would doubt it you will probably get the same sort of banding you get if you photograph a TV screen.

Perfect Foxy if you have the dvd player with some players you can play the film up press pause, press the right mouse button, save image as, it works with most of the new DVD players, to do it fro TV the best way is with a capture card then you can take pictures from TV or vidieo moving or still much easer

Sorry I read video as meaning video tape not DVD, or do we have a language problem could be it is just too early for me and I misunderstood.

now i am confused the best is a capture card in the computer then you can do it all ways from, camera, TV, Video, DVD, nearly everything possible

I did mean video tape - have tried to take picture with camera whilst Video on pause but just get a flash.

if you have a capture card in you computer no problem Sweep


http://www.video100.com/videocapturecards.html

HHhhmm! Okay Fred thanks, but how would I know if I had one in my computer

Looks simular to this if you have a look at the back