Take a snapshot while playing

I would like to be able to take screenshots while watching video. Could you please implement this feature?

In the early days of Android taking a screenshot on a phone or tablet was a pain, but now the ability to take a screenshot is built into the OS. For the vast majority of Android phones and tablets, to take a screenshot you simply press and hold the power and volume-down buttons together. After a few seconds the screen will flash and a notification will appear in the drop-down bar at the top of the screen, giving you options to delete, share or edit the image. You can also access the screenshot from your Gallery.

@Alexey.Rodionov It's true that the procedure you are saying is workable from an end-user's perspective. However, I'd like to see the possibility to save a screenshot/frame by code (from a developer's perspective)...

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That's a good point.

It's still needed feature

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We should use libvlc_video_take_snapshot() but it might not work by default when using mediacodec.

Maybe capture a bitmap from the SurfaceView: cf. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25086263/take-screenshot-of-surfaceview

In that case, it can be done without any new API.

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mentioned in issue #2553 (closed)

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