Best Way To Take Screen Captures?

[PSyMastR]

Is there anything better then fbgrab2x?

 

[Alex.]

Not unless the game has its own screenshot function, which with the almighty SDL is a cinch to do

- Alex

 

[shinneri]

Maybe if you TV-Out to a capture card on your computer...

 

[Shikaku]

I remember a program that allows you to run a program when you press a certain key combination. Don't know what it is...

 

[fawny]

If this is for the competition entries, since it looks like most of the entries are going to be last minute submissions, you could put out a request for the entries to be accompanied by a screenshot. Any SDL apps, probably the majority, will have no trouble grabbing a screen shot for you. I am sure most devs would prefer to select their own screenshot anyway.

Make it one of the rules for the next one.

 

[Shikaku]

http://www.gp2x.de/cgi-bin/cfiles.cgi?0,0,0,0,8,1682

Here it is, hotkey.

 

[PSyMastR]

Ah, thanks shikaku. Ya, its for the competition. Some entries dont have screen shots, and i tried with fbgrab, and it took a picture of the program exiting SDL lol. Anyway, thanks

 

[Vimacs]

you can connect to your gp2x via terminal and just run "cat /dev/fb1 > /mnt/sd/screenshot.raw" should work with next to evry app.
The image you get is in raw fileformat 320*240 16 bit 565 color, you can use irfan view to convert it to a format you like.

 

[johnz1]

Damnit, I cant get hotkey to work.

I edited hotkey.gpu to change: HOTKEY_HOME=/sd/apps/hotkey/
I kept HOTKEY_KEYS="L,R,SELECT"

When I launch hotkey.gpu and press L+R+SELECT, nothing happens and there are no raw screenshots anywhere on the sd card (I assume they will be captured somewhere in the /hotkey directory. It should be noted that I am using Gmenu.

What do I have to do to get hotkey to work?

THANK YOU



EDIT: btw, I am doing a CompSci project for a webpage on the GP2X and it's due in an hour, so I really would like to get this thing working very soon

 

[bja]

Damnit, I cant get hotkey to work.
...
What do I have to do to get hotkey to work?

I think the code that detects key presses is a little dumb. You may have to press and hold the keys for a few seconds. If that still doesn't work, I would do like Vimacs suggested.

Edit: You could try the screen blanker app to see if it's working.