Screenshots & Videos in Dos games?

Guardian12 · Post by **Guardian12** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:08 am

does anybody know how to make videos and good screenshots (not color distorted screenshots)? i kno how 2 do screenshots when teh screen is in "mini mode" , but i want to be able to do these in full screen.

--Thanks,

T3h Guardian.

Post by **dosraider** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 10:18 am

For WYSIWYG screenies:
http://www.irfanview.com/
Excellent program, freeware, USB portable( Read the FAQ).
Tab -> 'options' -> Capture screenshot -> etcetera, self explaining stuff.

Videos: Dosbox can make video captures now.
I've never used it t'll now, so can't say much about it.
CTRL+something, it's in the readme.* I'm too lazy to look it up, sorry.

Post by **emmzee** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 11:11 am

You can also just hit PrintScreen and paste it into Photoshop/whatever to take screenshots. Rather low tech but that's what I usually do. If you need to capture from pure DOS, try Screen Thief for DOS:
http://www.tinyapps.org/downloads/screenthief201f.zip

For video, first make sure you have installed the proper codec for DOSBox. In your Start Menu in the DOSBox folder there should be a "Video" folder with a "Install video codec" option. Do that. Then when DOSBox is running press Ctrl-Alt-F5 to start recording and press it again to stop recording.

Guardian12 · Post by **Guardian12** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:41 pm

where do the videos go/how can I find them

Post by **emmzee** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 12:52 pm

There should be a link in your Start Menu -> DOSBox folder to a "capture" folder, they'll be in there ...

It'll point to, for example, C:\Program Files\DOSBox-0.72\capture

MiniMax · Post by **MiniMax** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:26 pm

Some nice DOSBox captures here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/CuteFloor