In message , Paul
writes:
J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , Shadow
writes:
On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 13:31:10 -0500, BillAhearn
wrote:

If I press print screen when a video is playing at any given resolution,
do I gain resolution by going full screen and then pressing print
screen?

Use VLC and take snapshots with the hotkey.
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WHY do people not READ what someone says?
He has clearly said, several times, that he's talking about using
the video player functionality of various websites, such as YouTube,
and is _not_ interested in downloading the videos.

Downloading videos is for *research purposes*.

Yes, but I think you're researching things the OP isn't interested in!
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You cannot take screenshots of Flash videos where the
Flash plugin is using "Hardware Acceleration". The
same can happen in VLC (if it uses hardware acceleration,
the movie frames are in the wrong plane). If the
browser has native video support (like Ogg/Theora
perhaps), again, there can be various attempts at
acceleration which defeat PrtScn.

Yes, there are lots of reasons why PrtScn won't work. But, for the OP,
it _is_ working, so I doubt he's that interested in the cases where it
won't!
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You can also record your screen with a hardware
capture card, which takes some of the protections
out of the picture. If the software makes a concerted
effort to use HDCP, then you could be denied capture
with a capture card.

Again, far more complexity than the OP - as I read it - is interested in
doing.
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This is why *downloading* the movie, helps...

No matter what the OP posts, we can *still* offer
hard-earned advice!

Yes, but we can also get carried away, into answering in far more depth
than the OP has any intention of going. Sure, sometimes doing so can
extend what he that shall be nameless used to call "tribal knowledge",
but equally it can drive people away.

Paul
John
--
J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf

.... of the two little boxes in the corner of your room, the one without the
pictures is the one that opens the mind. - Stuart Maconie in Radio Times,
2008/10/11-17