Step 3 - Navigate to the image you wish to capture and pause the playback. Step 2 - Once your media is playing, right-click in the lower tool-bar and navigate to 'View > Advanced Controls.' This will activate a new set of controls just above the Play, Stop, etc. Media (file or disc) can be opened using the 'Media' menu in the top toolbar. Step 1 - Open VLC and the video file or disc you wish to view. Note: The following images feature VLC 3.0.6 Vetinari (updated January 2019) running on Windows 10 The following instructions will walk-through how to use VLC's 'snapshot' functionality. Concise explanations are available online for these latter methods using either Windows or Mac OSX.

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