<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <style>  </style>  </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> I took a look online today to find out how to capture video screenshots and one comment was that ‘overlay’ settings can cause video capture problems.  So on my Windows XP computer (with Windows Media Player version 11) I did the following (follow along at your own peril with no guarantee it will work for you):<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <![if !supportLists]>1)                   <![endif]>Started Windows Media Player (clicked on Start, All Programs, Windows Media Player)<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>2)                   <![endif]>Went to the Tools, Options Menu (right click on the title bar, select Tools, Options)<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>3)                   <![endif]>Click on the Performance Tab<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>4)                   <![endif]>In the Video acceleration box, click on the Advanced button.  This opens the Video Acceleration Settings window.<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>5)                   <![endif]>In the Video acceleration box on this screen, uncheck the Use Overlays checkbox.<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>6)                   <![endif]>Click OK.<o:p></o:p> <![if !supportLists]>7)                   <![endif]>Click Apply on the Options window and respond Yes to the prompt.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Then I restarted the streaming webcam and tried it again and this time I could capture the streaming web page contents (press Alt-Print Screen) and paste them into an image viewer such as Paint to crop and save them (save the files as file type JPEG or some other format to reduce their size).  There are some screen capture programs out there that make capturing and saving images easier but you have to download something.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Having just written this email, I wanted to send a sample webcam image of something interesting…….and I see that Beehive indicator is going and OF is splashing ….so here’s Beehive June 11 at 1736 with OF at 1740 webcam time.  I call that interesting even though the weather is still ‘unpleasant’.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Happy Webcam Gazing.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Graham<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> </div> </body> </html>