[mythtv] screenshots

Ben Bucksch linux.news at bucksch.org
Mon Jun 9 18:13:03 EDT 2003


Chris Pinkham wrote:

>>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.
>
gimp's screenshot feature works just fine for me. (I hope I have XV 
enabled?)



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