How to take a snapshot, screenshot or capture frames with PotPlayer using keyboard shortcut or right click
Ever watching a movie or a video and find a spot you will like to have an image of, Yep. Actually you can take a snapshot, capture frames of the position or take a screen shot with the Daum PotPlayer either using a keyboard shortcut or by clicking on Video Capture frame and taking consecutive images.
So first of all, let’s determine the default location where saved images should be kept.
1. Launch the Daum PotPlayer.
2. Click on F5 to go to preferences OR go the top left hand corner, click on the drop down for PotPlayer (where the red box is) and then click on Preferences.
3. The Preferences window will be opened,
4. On the left hand menu, Click on location, it is the third to the last (or where the red box is).
5. On the right window of the Location Preference for PotPlayer, go to Image and click on it to expand and select default location where images are to be saved (Where the red box is).
6. When you click on the expansion, choose default location (Mine was the Window Pictures, I then created a folder named PotPlayer screenshot).
7. Then you click on Apply and Ok respectively.
How to take screenshot, snapshot, capture frames or perform screen capture with PotPlayer
Using Keyboard shortcut
Ctrl + E: To save current source frame to default Image location
Ctrl + Alt + E: To save current screen frame to default Image location
Other methods you to take screenshot, snapshot, capture frames or perform screen capture with PotPlayer
There are four other methods, it’s either you use capture thumbnail image (Alt + N), capture consecutive images (Ctrl + G), capture current screen frame (Ctrl + Alt + C) or capture current source frame (Ctrl + C).
Quick Navigation
1. Capture Thumbnail image
You can click on K on the keyboard and then click on Capture thumbnail image OR press Alt + N on the Keyboard.
A window will appear, Thumbnail Image creator, then you could select the format (JPEG, PNG and others), change the default location, change the width and height of image and then click on OK.
2. Capture Consecutive Images
You can click on K on the keyboard and then click on Capture consecutive image OR press Ctrl + G on the keyboard.
A window will appear, Consecutive Image Capturer, then you could select the format (JPEG, PNG and others), change the default location, change the width and height of image, select timing between images, enter number of images to be
captured and then click on Start.
3. Capture current source frame to Clipboard (Ctrl + C)
You can click on K on the keyboard and then click on Capture current source frame OR press Ctrl + C on the keyboard. You can then go to any image or picture editor or viewer and paste for example, you can make use of Microsoft Paint.
4. Current screen frame (Ctrl + Alt + C)
You can click on K on the keyboard and then click on Capture screen frame OR press Ctrl + Alt + C on the keyboard. You can then go to any image or picture editor or viewer and paste for example, you can make use of Microsoft Paint.
Hope with this, you have been able to take cool snapshot or screenshot of your favourite spot or position in a movie or a video using the Daum PotPlayer.
Please share below. Thanks
Digby Green says
Thanks that was very helpful for me
The default settings location parts were especially helpful
But as a non expert on videos etc I am not sure what the differences are between.
Thumbnail
Screenshot
Current Frame
Current Source frame.
To me they all sound the same, could I suggest that at the start of your article that you explain them all?
Tim says
Thanks, Digby Green, I will update the post soon explaining all that. Please check back to see the explanation.
Charg says
You guys are fricking OP. This helped me a lot! Thanks!
Tim says
Thanks
Ejaz says
Thanks
Tim says
Nice one. Happy you were able to take the screen shot
Victor says
How to take a screen cature in PotPlayer that includes the subtitles as well? Thank you.
SAEED says
THANK YOUUUUUUUUUU
Shout Me Crunch says
Thanks, I am looking for a quick snap of the full movie for uploading in the torrent. Thank you.
ExpertDeveloper says
HI
How can I capture an image with its time elapsed from video?
thanks in advanced.
Tim says
Don’t know how that can be done? Will update the post if gotten. Thanks
Ang says
I find that the only way to do this is by opening the Consecutive Image Capturer dialog box (default key is Ctrl+G)
In Filename suffix field, choose playback time
Pete Tinsley says
I’m looking for a way to convert a video to still frmaes. I’m trying to use the “Ctrl+G” fro continuous capture. The settings aren’t versitile enough. You should add an option to “capture all frames”. If I do select “Every Frame”, it doesn’t actually capture them all – I also have to tell pot player calculate how many frames to capture. If my video is 3minutes 24 seconds long – how do I capture every frame? Am I expected to calculate the frame-rate and tell Pot-Player how many frames to capture? If so, what’s the point of having an “every frame” option?
Tim says
True, Please try an updated version, if it will fix the issue.
Francis says
Try Every # ms and put 0 as value
Tim says
Thanks
Donald says
Hello,
Is there any way to make a screenshot while the image is zoomed in without having the full current source frame or the full current screen frame?