mplayer
Jump one Frame
When having a movie paused, you can go to the next frame with the .
-key. I haven't found a shortcut for a frame backward yet.
Screenshots
Take a screenshot
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Start mplayer with screenshot support
$ mplayer -vf screenshot <file>
or put it in
~/.mplayer/config
vf=screenshot
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Press s to take a screenshot in the current pwd. For continous screenshots press S to start and S to stop it again.
Playspeed
Increase the speed to play the video without changing the pitch of the audio.
alias mplayer='mplayer -af=scaletempo'
Alternative: add the parameter to the mplayer config file (~/.mplayer/config
):
af=scaletempo