# Screenshotting the image playing

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/screenshotting-the-image-playing/937683>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [April 3, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/screenshotting-the-image-playing/937683 "2026-04-03T14:16:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JouBqa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/joubqa/32/231464_2.png) [@JouBqa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JouBqa)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 2:16pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/screenshotting-the-image-playing/937683/1 "2026-04-03T14:16:47Z")

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Please add a hot key take a pic of the media playing. A similar freature request was closed because OS screenshotting is a thing. But that doesn’t really work because pressing keys on the keyboard brings up the UI in to the picture so you can’t get a clean shot.

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**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/screenshotting-the-image-playing/937683/2 "2026-04-03T15:02:53Z")

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See [Use `mpv` features which are not exposed in Plex for Windows/Mac/Linux and Plex HTPC - #21 by Mediaconoclast](https://forums.plex.tv/t/use-mpv-features-which-are-not-exposed-in-plex-for-windows-mac-linux-and-plex-htpc/830025/21)

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**Author:** ![JouBqa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/joubqa/32/231464_2.png) [@JouBqa](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JouBqa)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/screenshotting-the-image-playing/937683/3 "2026-04-03T15:04:40Z")

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Oh, thanks!