Major fail in my opinion if Windows 7 can't change this

[hanselthecaretaker]

The screenshot function in my video editing program that came with my HD capture box always used to save bitmap images at full resolution in Windows XP SP3. Now in Windows 7, using the same version of the software as XP, those same bitmap images are downscaled and saved at nearly half that resolution.

Excuse me, but wtf? If that's the case and Windows 7 has no setting to change it, then no wonder Apple's winning the war for the audio/video editing crowd. I don't want to have to buy some additional piece of software just so I can keep resolutions at what they should've always been at in the first place.

 

[mrplunkey]

I'd settle for being able to print directly from rapidform XOR instead of saving to PDF and having to print that.

It's my windows bitch of the day!

 

[redshirt27se]

is windows 7 really that good? i'm still on XP with zero problems, and after the abomination that was vista, im still skeptical. though when i buy a new box i really won't have much choice in the matter and just learn to like it.

 

[DJLegacy2k1]

is windows 7 really that good? i'm still on XP with zero problems, and after the abomination that was vista, im still skeptical. though when i buy a new box i really won't have much choice in the matter and just learn to like it.

I had XP on my last comp, but I had issues with the video card and some other things so I bought a new PC with Vista sadly, and Ive been surprised that Ive had VERY few problems at all, Ive been very lucky. My Dad has worked IT for the state of maryland for like 35 years, he said Windows 7 is working REAL well on some of their machines in their office, getting good reviews from those computer guys.

-Legacy

 

[Captain FT]

The screenshot function in my video editing program that came with my HD capture box always used to save bitmap images at full resolution in Windows XP SP3. Now in Windows 7, using the same version of the software as XP, those same bitmap images are downscaled and saved at nearly half that resolution.

Excuse me, but wtf? If that's the case and Windows 7 has no setting to change it, then no wonder Apple's winning the war for the audio/video editing crowd. I don't want to have to buy some additional piece of software just so I can keep resolutions at what they should've always been at in the first place.

Have you tried running the app in XP compatibility mode? right click the executable and go to properties it should be in there. Also were you running 32bit XP and now 64bit Win7?

 

[UA_Iron]

Get new software, pirate it first to see if you like it then buy it if you do.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

Have you tried running the app in XP compatibility mode? right click the executable and go to properties it should be in there. Also were you running 32bit XP and now 64bit Win7?

I haven't tried compatibility but yeah 32 bit XP to 64 bit Win 7 Ultimate. I'm using XP again for now, but will probably hook my 7 drive back up and try XP compatibility mode as soon as I have time. VLC player takes pretty good snapshots but the file size isn't quite as big (suggesting lower quality) as the same ones with the TotalMedia Theatre software I want to use.

 

[Captain FT]

I haven't tried compatibility but yeah 32 bit XP to 64 bit Win 7 Ultimate. I'm using XP again for now, but will probably hook my 7 drive back up and try XP compatibility mode as soon as I have time. VLC player takes pretty good snapshots but the file size isn't quite as big (suggesting lower quality) as the same ones with the TotalMedia Theatre software I want to use.

Is it a big difference in file size? It could be NTFS vs. FAT and/or Windows 7's "libraries feature could use some sort of compression on the file. I haven't had time to read all my Windows 7 books to get certified but my firm will be moving to Windows 7 in the next year or two so I need to get that done.

I did some quick searches for VLC and Windows 7 and there seem to be some issues with pixelating on 64bit vs. the Windows XP 32bit version. So its possible your screen caps are actually of lesser quality. The issue seems to be with VLC though not Windows 7.

What's your graphics card? You could try disabling Windows Aero desktop and see if that improves it.

 

[ortiz34]

What's your graphics card? You could try disabling Windows Aero desktop and see if that improves it.

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[hanselthecaretaker]

Is it a big difference in file size? It could be NTFS vs. FAT and/or Windows 7's "libraries feature could use some sort of compression on the file. I haven't had time to read all my Windows 7 books to get certified but my firm will be moving to Windows 7 in the next year or two so I need to get that done.

I did some quick searches for VLC and Windows 7 and there seem to be some issues with pixelating on 64bit vs. the Windows XP 32bit version. So its possible your screen caps are actually of lesser quality. The issue seems to be with VLC though not Windows 7.

What's your graphics card? You could try disabling Windows Aero desktop and see if that improves it.

I can still capture .png images at full resolution/quality with Fraps and VLC but the software that came with my HD capture box (TotalMedia Theatre) takes snapshots in .bmp at a higher quality, then I use Windows Image Viewer to save them as .png for uploading. Images still end up being about 100-200 KB larger than if I just snapped the same footage with VLC, so I'd like to keep using it. Like I said, the version is the same for both my XP and 7 installs. Maybe it's just a .bmp compression/downscaling thing Windows 7 does.

All in all I just want to have a lossless method of snapping screens of video footage in Windows 7. The Image Viewer in 7 kinda sucks too, have to use Paint to convert images individually now when it used to be so easy to just scroll through a batch and save as .png on the fly in XP.

*edit* After comparing pics side by side of the same footage using TotalMedia Theatre and VLC to capture, the quality difference isn't really even noticeable, despite a slight difference in file size. This might even just be due to being converted from .bmp to .png vs natively captured as .png.