Snapshot Tool

See also: Documentation:Snapshots and VLC HowTo/Take a snapshot

Known Prefix Codes & Output

If you put these as part of the filename in the default filename preferences (Windows from this particular set of experiments), they create different output. I don't have much idea what they represent, but I know some of the output, and can't find any documentation on this anywhere.

• $A - "A"
• $B - "0"
• $C - "0"
• $D - ? 00_00_08 ?
• $E - "E"
• $F - path and filename, minus path info special characters
• $G - "G"
• $H - "H"
• $J - "J"
• $K - "K"
• $L - ? 00_00_07 ?
• $M - "M"
• $N - Filename
• $O - "-"
• $P - ? Frame?
• $Q - "Q"
• $R - ? 1.0 ? Aspect Ratio?
• $S - ? 0.0 ? - Audio Info?
• $T - Timecode from video?
• $U - "-"
• $V - ? 256 ? Color depth?
• $W - "W"
• $X - "X"
• $Y - "Y"
• $Z - "Z"

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