Shoutbox

Hey

Im wondering where the display picture when you take a picture/video from your webcam is stored so I can get it and send it to other people.

I'm not sure where it's stored, but a method to get it is to sign in with another account and "steal" your own display picture.

Printscreen > Paint > Save it

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Originally posted by tony
Printscreen > Paint > Save it

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You forgot Crop it.

By your method, quality would be lost and you have to have another account.


This isnt for me BTW it is for another person.

Add yourself to the contact list, then save the image as PNG32

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Originally posted by tony
Add yourself to the contact list, then save the image as PNG32

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This too would be a lost in quality, besides also the file size. (don't think because PNG is lossless that it doesnt lose information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_file_format )

Isn't it stored the same place as your usual display pictures?

ie: %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\<your_windows_live_id>\ObjectStore

See: tid=25512&pid=246186#pid246186

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Originally posted by riahc4

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Originally posted by tony
Add yourself to the contact list, then save the image as PNG32

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This too would be a lost in quality, besides also the file size. (don't think because PNG is lossless that it doesnt lose information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_file_format )

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Can you explain that further, since that isn't very correct...

If you're talking about a static picture then there will be no quality loss at all if you simply grab that picture again and save it as a PNG.

If you're talking about a video, then yes you will loose the video when you grab it as a picture. But even then, the image you would grab would be exactly the same, without any quality loss, than the original frame.

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Originally posted by haydos
Isn't it stored the same place as your usual display pictures?

ie: %userprofile%\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Messenger\<your_windows_live_id>\ObjectStore

See: tid=25512&pid=246186#pid246186

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correct.