vf_screenshot: remove this filter

It's entirely useless, especially now that vo.c handles screenshots in a
generic way, and requires no special VO support. There are some
potential weird use-cases, but actually I've never seen it being used.

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/DOCS/man/mpv.rst b/DOCS/man/mpv.rst
index a530725548..f8db13c336 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/mpv.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/mpv.rst
@@ -475,11 +475,8 @@ A screenshot will usually contain the unscaled video contents at the end of the
 video filter chain and subtitles. By default, ``S`` takes screenshots without
 subtitles, while ``s`` includes subtitles.
 
-The ``screenshot`` video filter is not required when using a recommended GUI
-video output driver. It should normally not be added to the config file, as
-taking screenshots is handled by the VOs, and adding the screenshot filter will
-break hardware decoding. (The filter may still be useful for taking screenshots
-at a certain point within the video chain when using multiple video filters.)
+Unlike with MPlayer, the ``screenshot`` video filter is not required. This
+filter was never required in mpv, and has been removed.
 
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diff --git a/DOCS/man/vf.rst b/DOCS/man/vf.rst
index be7daee09e..3739716340 100644
--- a/DOCS/man/vf.rst
+++ b/DOCS/man/vf.rst
@@ -561,12 +561,6 @@ Available filters are:
     ``show``
         Draw a rectangle showing the area defined by x/y/w/h.
 
-``screenshot``
-    Optional filter for screenshot support. This is only needed if the video
-    output does not provide working direct screenshot support. Note that it is
-    not always safe to insert this filter by default. See `TAKING SCREENSHOTS`_
-    for details.
-
 ``sub=[=bottom-margin:top-margin]``
     Moves subtitle rendering to an arbitrary point in the filter chain, or force
     subtitle rendering in the video filter as opposed to using video output OSD