Microsoft Windows - Take a screenshot in VLC

This document will walk through the process of taking a screenshot in VLC Media Player.

Open your video by double-clicking it or right-clicking and choosing 'Open with > VLC Media Player'.

Play your video by pressing the play button or the space bar.

Take a screenshot by pressing the Shift + S.  You may also pause your video at a selected point and press Shift + S to create a screenshot.


Once you are done taking a screenshot, close out of VLC by clicking the 'X' in the upper right corner of VLC.

Navigate to your Screenshot by selecting the Windows icon on the bottom left bar, and selecting 'Pictures' from the pop-up.

Once in your Picture Library  , your pictures are displayed in numerical order.  

The last pictures will be at the end labeled 'vlcsnap-[DATE]'.