Originally posted by: PossiblE
While this topic is here, anyone know if VLC has any way to take screenshots?
i did a search on google and came up with this from a VLC faq page,
To take normal screen capture of the video displayed by VLC:

Under XFree, add the -V x11 option to the command line. You'll have to find a X11 screenshot utility somewhere.

Under Windows, add the --nooverlay option to the command line and use Prt Sc button to put a screenshot on your pasteboard. You can then paste this picture in a picture editor or a Word document or something.
good luck