[mythtv] screenshots

Chris Pinkham cpinkham at bc2va.org
Mon Jun 9 12:06:48 EDT 2003


> stupid q that probably has a stupid a: does anybody know how to take
> screenshots with the tv image in there? with ksnapshot I'm getting a 
> blue where is supposed to be the tv.

Try setting the NO_XV environment variable to "1" before running
mythfrontend.  I use the following in bash sometimes:

NO_XV=1 mythfrontend

That will bypass the Xv output so you can take screenshots.

Chris



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