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    Taking an actual screenshot?

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    • briankrossB
      briankross @dankcushions
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      @dankcushions

      I just uncommented the retroarch.cfg screenshot line and it was already set to f8. It looks like input_pause_toggle is set to p, but is commented out.

      I've tried print_screen and "print_screen", neither work.

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      • dankcushionsD
        dankcushions Global Moderator @briankross
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        @briankross said in Taking an actual screenshot?:

        @dankcushions

        I just uncommented the retroarch.cfg screenshot line and it was already set to f8. It looks like input_pause_toggle is set to p, but is commented out.

        I've tried print_screen and "print_screen", neither work.

        my mistake! f8 is the default key.. hmm, i dunno what i would use in that case... i take screenshots via the RGUI when i need to.

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        • briankrossB
          briankross @dankcushions
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          @dankcushions said in Taking an actual screenshot?:

          @briankross said in Taking an actual screenshot?:

          @dankcushions

          I just uncommented the retroarch.cfg screenshot line and it was already set to f8. It looks like input_pause_toggle is set to p, but is commented out.

          I've tried print_screen and "print_screen", neither work.

          my mistake! f8 is the default key.. hmm, i dunno what i would use in that case... i take screenshots via the RGUI when i need to.

          When I use the quick menu from RGUI, it kicks me out of the game.

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          • dankcushionsD
            dankcushions Global Moderator @briankross
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            @briankross that's very odd. anything in /tmp/runcommand.log when that happens?

            all this stuff should 'just work'

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            • briankrossB
              briankross @dankcushions
              last edited by briankross

              @dankcushions said in Taking an actual screenshot?:

              @briankross that's very odd. anything in /tmp/runcommand.log when that happens?

              all this stuff should 'just work'

              Edit: url in pastebin.com
              Here's the log.

              I ran Contra (nes), pressed select + x on a SNES gamepad to reach the RGUI, quick menu, take a screenshot.

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              • dankcushionsD
                dankcushions Global Moderator @briankross
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                @briankross i thought you said quick menu crashed? if it's crashing when you create a screenshot i think maybe it's that permissions problem i mentioned earlier... but not sure. IMO it would have been best to test they work in the default directories before changing them.

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                • briankrossB
                  briankross @dankcushions
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                  @dankcushions said in Taking an actual screenshot?:

                  @briankross i thought you said quick menu crashed? if it's crashing when you create a screenshot i think maybe it's that permissions problem i mentioned earlier... but not sure. IMO it would have been best to test they work in the default directories before changing them.

                  Doing what I mentioned above kicks me from the game back to Emulation Station.

                  There were no directories set previously.

                  Here's the original retroarch.cfg entries:

                  # Take screenshot
                  # input_screenshot = f8
                  
                  # Directory to dump screenshots to.
                  # screenshot_directory =
                  
                  • Brian
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                  • herb_fargusH
                    herb_fargus administrators @briankross
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                    @briankross if you don't set the directories I think it just dumps them in the home directory.

                    If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                    Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                    • UDb23U
                      UDb23 @herb_fargus
                      last edited by UDb23

                      @herb_fargus
                      Screenshots taken thru RGUI are saved in the home/pi/.config/retroarch/screenshots/ folder.
                      I think it's default as I have never set any screeshot_directory parameter.
                      Just tested with lr-mame 2003 (retropie 3.8.1).

                      RGUI takes a screenshot of the actual game screen area; it is not including bezel (when you enter RGUI the bezel is no longer shown). Does anybody know how to get also the bezel ?

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                        RetroResolution @UDb23
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                        @UDb23 hi,
                        If you use raspi2png (I covered this earlier in the thread I think - it was a while ago!), it grabs the entire GPU frame buffer as a .PNG file, so you'll get everything that is on-screen.

                        [Edit: 4th post down in this thread, covers installing and using raspi2png]

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                        • FloobF
                          Floob @UDb23
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                          @UDb23 You can keep the bezel in RGUI with an option in there - its under the overlay section, and something like "keep overlay in RGUI"
                          Not sure if that will help include it in the screenshot though.

                          Please read the Docs before asking a new question.
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                          • briankrossB
                            briankross
                            last edited by

                            Just wanted to jump in with a quick question.

                            Is "raspi2png" the only option if not using retroarch based emulators? (I hope I said that right!)

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                              RetroResolution @briankross
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                              @briankross it all depends on the emulator. The Atari ST emulator, Hatari, for example, has an in-built screen-grab (and Audi/video recording) facility. The Atari 8-bit emulator, Atari800, provides a screen shot feature.

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                              • briankrossB
                                briankross @RetroResolution
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                                @RetroResolution said in Taking an actual screenshot?:

                                @briankross it all depends on the emulator. The Atari ST emulator, Hatari, for example, has an in-built screen-grab (and Audi/video recording) facility. The Atari 8-bit emulator, Atari800, provides a screen shot feature.

                                Ah, nice thanks! My goal is to assign a button on the console to take a screenshot. I'll continue researching.

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                                  RetroResolution @briankross
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                                  @briankross cool, but bear in mind that for non libretro-core (non-retroarch) emulators assigning custom controller buttons can be tricky - it all depends in whether the emulator allows custom configuration (or if a controller-to-keypress tool can be used).
                                  For the Atari800 emulator I located a retroarch port that somebody shared on github, compiled that on my Pi, and integrated it into emulation station so I could easily grab screens and record footage using retroarch.

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                                  • edmaul69E
                                    edmaul69 @RetroResolution
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                                    @RetroResolution where does raspi2png save the screenshots to?

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                                      RetroResolution @edmaul69
                                      last edited by RetroResolution

                                      @edmaul69 hi,
                                      It will store them in whichever directory you're in when you run the command; if you installed raspi2png following the instructions in the fourth post in this (long) thread, you can run raspi2png from any location:

                                      For ease of use, either add an alias, or copy the program into the /usr/local/bin directory:

                                      sudo cp -a raspi2png/raspi2png /usr/local/bin

                                      You can also provide a filename with the -p parameter, which probably (I haven't tried this) also accepts a path, e.g to save to a 'pngs' directory within your home directory:

                                      raspi2png -p ~/pngs/screengrab.png

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                                      • UDb23U
                                        UDb23 @RetroResolution
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                                        @RetroResolution Will try it out, thanks.

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                                          RetroResolution @UDb23
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                                          @UDb23 no problem!

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                                          • EkstremeE
                                            Ekstreme
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                                            @RetroResolution Thanks mate, helped me take a proper active screenshot! Was exactly what I was looking for!

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