How to capture OSMC and KODI screenshots?

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Vero 4K attached to TV:
I’ve tried taking camera pics of my TLC TV screen but they’re not great quality.
Can I install OSMC\KODI on a pc or laptop and get the screenshots that way?
I’m constructing a Vero configuration How-To-Do-It to use when I get even more doddery than now.
Thanks.

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Ctrl-s will take a screenshot on any platform including Vero.

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Thanks, but my question was ‘Can I install OSMC\KODI on a pc or laptop?’

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No

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Kodi yes, osmc no.

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Thanks, ActionA :sunny:
Actually, it just occurred to me that maybe I could send the Vero 4K output to a PC instead of the TV, and grab the screens from there. Or are computers’ HDMI ports only OUT and not IN?

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OUT only. If you want to get snapshots using the OSMC skin, then you can install our skin under windows. But the easiest thing would be to plug a keyboard in to Vero.

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A keyboard? Sorry, I don’t understand how that would help :thinking:

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This is how you take a screenshot.

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Okay, I understand. And you reckon my Vero would then take a screenshot of the TV screen that it’s connected to via HDMI?

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If you have a keyboard connected, CTRL-S will take a screenshot of whatever is displayed on the screen from the Vero. If you are trying to get screenshots from another source, then no, it won’t work.

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Thanks. No, all I want to do is get some screenshots of Vero\OSCMC\Kodi menus that shown on the TLC TV screen when Vero is selected as source.

Does Vero then ask for a location to save the pic?

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Yes.