Shift S for capture doesn't sound clumsy to me. Even VLC Player and others have so many features that require Alt, Control or a Shift to get enough keyboard mapping to let you do this or that.
VLC lets you edit those keyboard connections too. But I worry that you would call any player clumsy if it allowed such editing.
Hi,
sit back and relax and watch full screen video with a control bar along base with everything I need and a timeline that can be dragged and a fine control for such. , no massive interfaces messing up my viewing. frame by frame back and forth and stills capture.
Used to use Windvd4 which had frame fwd and backward control and stills capture, great prog, adjust speed, joggle control, its been ruined since, stills capture lost, hate thre people who messed it up. I need something for win7 with ability to joggle fwd AND BACKWARDS and capture stills.
MPC can't capture same aspect ratio, it makes capture of 16:9 sort of 4:3 and circles are vertical elipses,..crap. damn shame but why alter shape of captures ?
Jaksta has no frame by frame backward controls, and a clumsy shift S for capture.
FV media player sounded brilliant but its unavailable now. Its as if such controls are doomed to death.
What is there that will play mp4 mpeg etc, capture same shape as viewed, and quality ! and give fwd AND backward frame control ?
Surely there is something in this day and age ?

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