Screenshot function available from UI instead of keyboard

Feature Requests
1

I would like to be able to take screenshots of the current videoframe available on the osmc UI, only being able to do so with a keyboard attached is a bit of a bummer.

In addition it would have to save it to a predetermined default location.

2

Screenshots are saved to a predetermined location.

3

You can initiate it via kodi-send command.
Not sure how you want to trigger it from UI without keyboard?

4

Can’t you use keymap editor and map screenshot to a button on your remote?

Install from repo
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Program Addons
Key map editor -> install
Edit
Select Action Category -> Programs -> Other
Take a screenshot
Edit -> press the key within 5 seconds (which you wish to use to take screenshots but make sure it has no function under kodi/elec).
Do not forget to select SAVE on exit.

5

Hi, I would add that in OSMC wiki I found that you can ask KODI to take screenshot with an SSH command

kodi-send --action=TakeScreenshot

After the first time you send this SSH command, a popup will appear asking you to set the folder of your screenshots.

6

You can shorten it to just kodi-send -a TakeScreenshot

I would add a small correction to joakim_s’ comment above about mapping to your remove with keymap editor.

The first selection in Keymap editor is the window you want the command to operate in. Since “programs” only deals with when you are in the add-ons window in the UI (not inside add-ons themselves) this will surely not be what you want. If you are only taking screenshots of video content then you would want to keymap to fullscreen video and/or fullscreen live tv (this is only for people using a PVR). If screenshots of the UI are wanted as well then you would need to map to global so the action works everywhere. The reason you might want to keymap to only fullscreen video and not global is because that allows the same button to be used for different things in different parts of Kodi. If someone wanted to map this function to a long-press, and they have a remote that supports this, it would need to be done manually as explained in my long-press guide on this site.