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Tutorial - Grab A Screenshot Using Telnet
Most users will hardly ever need to use the screenshot function of the E2 web interface, but as someone who does almost daily i have found occasionally it does not want to play. So here is a workaround giving better results using telnet should you ever need it.
To take a screenshot using telnet we use the grab command, here are the options
Usage: grab [commands] [filename]
commands:
-o only grab osd (framebuffer) when using this with png or bmp
fileformat you will get a 32bit pic with alphachannel
-v only grab video
-d always use osd resolution (good for skinshots)
-n dont correct 16:9 aspect ratio
-r (size) resize to a fixed width, maximum: 1920
-l always 4:3, create letterbox if 16:9
-b use bicubic picture resize (slow but smooth)
-j (quality) produce jpg files instead of bmp (quality 0-100)
-p produce png files instead of bmp
-h this is the help screen
If no command is given the complete picture will be grabbed.
If no filename is given /tmp/screenshot.[bmp/jpg/png] will be used.
Here is an example using DCC
grab jpg with skin osd resolution (good for skinshots)
Most users will hardly ever need to use the screenshot function of the E2 web interface, but as someone who does almost daily i have found occasionally it does not want to play. So here is a workaround giving better results using telnet should you ever need it.
To take a screenshot using telnet we use the grab command, here are the options
Usage: grab [commands] [filename]
commands:
-o only grab osd (framebuffer) when using this with png or bmp
fileformat you will get a 32bit pic with alphachannel
-v only grab video
-d always use osd resolution (good for skinshots)
-n dont correct 16:9 aspect ratio
-r (size) resize to a fixed width, maximum: 1920
-l always 4:3, create letterbox if 16:9
-b use bicubic picture resize (slow but smooth)
-j (quality) produce jpg files instead of bmp (quality 0-100)
-p produce png files instead of bmp
-h this is the help screen
If no command is given the complete picture will be grabbed.
If no filename is given /tmp/screenshot.[bmp/jpg/png] will be used.
Here is an example using DCC
grab jpg with skin osd resolution (good for skinshots)
FTP to /tmp to retrieve your file
