takeSnapshot command creates zero-byte file

[msdorachua]

Hi

I tried to take a snapshot of a playing video in the control by using the code below and though it runs successfully and a file was created with the command, the file created is of zero bytes.

string path = Path.GetTempFileName(); myvlc_control.MediaPlayer.takeSnapshot(0, path, 1280, 720);

May I seek some advice if I have used the method correctly in this UWP VLCMediaElement control please? I was able to take a snapshot properly using similar code, using the VLC control for Windows form so I thought the behaviour would be similar for the uwp version.

thanks for any advice or help in advance :)

[kakone]

I was thinking about a permissions problem but even if I add Pictures Library capability (and I save the snapshot into the pictures folder), it doesn't work. Perhaps this method is not implemented in UWP (moreover, this feature does not exist in VLC for UWP).

[msdorachua]

Hi kakone, thanks so much for your reply. :)

Do you mean that the VLC library here below totally does not implement the takeSnapshot method? Anyway to put in a request to ask them to implement it so that it also can work in your control?

https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-winrt

Your control was so easy and nice to use, I wanted to implement a simple FaceDectection app using yr control by taking a snapshot of a streaming RSTP video but got stuck when I realised the takeSnapshot function does not work as expected.

Would you have any suggestions how I can get around it? thank you! :)

[dmacattack]

the API still exists, but does not work. this is quite disappointing