In irvanview there is Options,Capture/Screenshot. Using this functions
you can capture the whole screen or the part you designate.
Unless I have totally misunderstood, you want to play a video in
Irfanview and save an individual frame to the clipboard. That simply requires pressing Ctrl-C at the required point or, if preferred, pausing
the video first. I do that regularly and as I already said it works.
I cannot see why it needs your complicated procedure or the
complications in various replies. In particular, the task is totally different from using Irfanview:Options > Capture/Screenshot.
My experience with i_view64.exe 4.60.0.0 and Windows 10 is that ctrl-c during a video (running or paused) does not put an image on the
clipboard. With an image ctrl-c does put the image on the clipboard. But that doesn't worry me too much as I use Irfanview for images and VLC for videos.
Here Irfanview can't play mp4 videos, so I searched for an old
avi video.
I think what you want is:
When playing the video press <CTRL>-C and then <CTRL>-V, then
the video is replaced by the current video frame picture
where you then can select the crop region.
Modify the batch so Irfanview is started with the video instead
of the clipboard picture, then select the proper time position
in the video, press <CTRL>-C and then <CTRL>-V, use the left
mouse button to select the crop region, press <SHIFT>-C and
then "Save values and exit" and close IrfanView. The batch
then executes the ffmpeg crop command.
On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:35:49 +1300, malone <malone@nospam.net.nz> wrote
My experience with i_view64.exe 4.60.0.0 and Windows 10 is that ctrl-c
during a video (running or paused) does not put an image on the
clipboard. With an image ctrl-c does put the image on the clipboard.
But that doesn't worry me too much as I use Irfanview for images and
VLC for videos.
Thank you. You are the first person who understands the problem set.
If all the clipboard menus were working to put the video frame into the clipboard, I wouldn't have bothered to ask the question in the first place.
The problem requires a Windows or Irfanview expert to solve.
a. Load an MP4 into Irfanview (it will start playing)
b. Control+c
c. Control+v
What you see is not what you expect to see if you just guess.
You have to try it to see what you get - not what you think you'll get.
Since I've tried every Irfanview menu, I resorted to asking for help here.
Can YOU get the Irfanview copy video frame to the clipboard menus to work?
I can't.
Well, MikeS says:-
"That simply requires pressing Ctrl-C at the required point or, if preferred, pausing the video first. I do that regularly and as I already said it works."
Sorry, I haven't been following this thread diligently but I wonder what operating system / version of Irfanview he's using? It doesn't work for
my configuration...
On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 10:34:35 +0100, Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de>
wrote
Here Irfanview can't play mp4 videos, so I searched for an old
avi video.
Hmmm... I think you might not have all the plugins installed.
Whatever version I had a few days ago played videos, as does the latest version I installed yesterday (version 4.70) which plays MP4 videos like
I think what you want is:
When playing the video press <CTRL>-C and then <CTRL>-V, then
the video is replaced by the current video frame picture
where you then can select the crop region.
This does EXACTLY what I've been seeing, which is NOT what you (or anyone) "thinks" it does. It does not do what we all think it would do.
On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:59:38 +1300, malone <malone@nospam.net.nz> wrote
Well, MikeS says:-
"That simply requires pressing Ctrl-C at the required point or, if
preferred, pausing the video first. I do that regularly and as I
already said it works."
Sorry, I haven't been following this thread diligently but I wonder
what operating system / version of Irfanview he's using? It doesn't
work for my configuration...
Yeah. I know. MikeS also said "yes" when I asked can you get it to work, which means he never tried it because nobody can get it to work yet.
It may very well be that it doesn't work - but then why would they put
those menus in Irfanview - which - let's be clear - is a well respected
tool - for when playing video.
It could be they simply don't work on Windows 10 for videos though.
Or it could be there's a trick in 32-bit Irfanview 4.70 we don't know yet.
We don't know the answer yet - which is - after all - why the question was asked of this newsgroup (of experts) in the first place.
If it was as easy as MikeS implies it is - the question wouldn't have
needed to be asked in the first place.
On Tue, 19 Nov 2024 22:05:19 +0000, MikeS <mikes@invalid.net> wrote
Unless I have totally misunderstood, you want to play a video in
Irfanview and save an individual frame to the clipboard. That simply
requires pressing Ctrl-C at the required point or, if preferred,
pausing the video first. I do that regularly and as I already said it
works.
I cannot see why it needs your complicated procedure or the
complications in various replies. In particular, the task is totally
different from using Irfanview:Options > Capture/Screenshot.
I do very much appreciate the helpful advice, but there's one thing missing...
Everyone is assuming I didn't spend hours and hours (and hours) on this *before* I asked the question - and - as a result - everyone is not even trying it first to find out that what they "think" happens, isn't what happens. They think it's something simple. Something obvious.
Something I missed.
And it might be... but it's NOT that I didn't try every menu in Irfanview.
I wouldn't have asked the question if the answer were that simple & easy.
Nobody can answer the question by assuming how it works.
Nor by guessing.
They have to try it to see what I'm experiencing.
a. Load an MP4 into Irfanview (it will start playing)
b. Control+c
c. Control+v
What do you see?
What I'm doing with Herberts batch file is more complicated than that, of course, but if the image doesn't make it into the clipboard, it doesn't matter.
Try it.
What do you see?
a. Load an MP4 into Irfanview (it will start playing)As you say it did NOT work. I have no idea why BUT your conclusion:
b. Control+c
c. Control+v
the image doesn't make it into the clipboardis wrong because I could paste the image into another program such as Paint.
On 20/11/2024 09:28, Oliver wrote:
On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:59:38 +1300, malone <malone@nospam.net.nz> wrote
Well, MikeS says:-
"That simply requires pressing Ctrl-C at the required point or, if
preferred, pausing the video first. I do that regularly and as I
already said it works."
Sorry, I haven't been following this thread diligently but I wonder
what operating system / version of Irfanview he's using? It doesn't
work for my configuration...
Yeah. I know. MikeS also said "yes" when I asked can you get it to work,
which means he never tried it because nobody can get it to work yet.
It may very well be that it doesn't work - but then why would they put
those menus in Irfanview - which - let's be clear - is a well respected
tool - for when playing video.
It could be they simply don't work on Windows 10 for videos though.
Or it could be there's a trick in 32-bit Irfanview 4.70 we don't know
yet.
We don't know the answer yet - which is - after all - why the question
was
asked of this newsgroup (of experts) in the first place.
If it was as easy as MikeS implies it is - the question wouldn't have
needed to be asked in the first place.
I am using Ver 4.67 (64 bit) on Windows 11. There is no need for me to
imply anything because using Ctl-C on a video simply works and has done
for as long as I can remember. If Irfanview can play the video it will
save frames as still images for any video format I have tried. Offhand
those include ts, tts, avi, mp4, mkv, wmv, flv.
Have you considered your problems may be related to your video files
rather than Irfanview and tried some tests?
Have you considered your problems may be related to your video files
rather than Irfanview and tried some tests?
My previous assessment when ctrl-c DIDN'T put an image on the clipboard
was with an .mp4 video file. I've just tried running an .avi video file
in Irfanview and ctrl-c DOES put an image on the clipboard. So, indeed,
the problem seems to be associated with some feature of the video format....
On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 07:52:42 +1300, malone <malone@nospam.net.nz> wrote
Which results in the following ffmpeg conversion command:
ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -vcodec copy -acodec copy file.avi
Which results in the following ffmpeg conversion command:
ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -vcodec copy -acodec copy file.avi
That just changes the container format from mp4 to avi without
re-encoding the video (-vcodec copy). That's like converting a
zip into a rar archive without changing the content. I suppose
the different behavior for mp4/avi is, that an avi most likely
is an older video which uses an older video codec. Re-encode
your video with the old DIVX codec but keep the mp4 format and
test it with IrfanView.
On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:51:40 +0100, Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> wrote
Which results in the following ffmpeg conversion command:
ffmpeg -i file.mp4 -vcodec copy -acodec copy file.avi
That just changes the container format from mp4 to avi without
re-encoding the video (-vcodec copy). That's like converting a
zip into a rar archive without changing the content. I suppose
the different behavior for mp4/avi is, that an avi most likely
is an older video which uses an older video codec. Re-encode
your video with the old DIVX codec but keep the mp4 format and
test it with IrfanView.
Thanks for explaining why it still did not work for me even after
I ran that conversion of an MP4 to an AVI (which is why I had not
responded until I saw your post explaining why it still failed).
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