taking dvd screenshots (1 Viewer)

[Jesse Clift]

I could have sworn that I read a thread on how to do this a while back, but for the life of me I can't find it. Can somebody please post the link if it exists or just tell me how to do it? I have InterVideo WinDVD. Thanks.

-Jesse

 

[Darren Davis]

I think you can get a screencap program that will take caps of overlay images. There should be plenty on the net, just do a google search.

This is just a guess. If I'm wrong, please feel free to correct.

 

[Jesse Clift]

I tried a screencap program from downloads.com but it doesn't really work and the other programs are not free. Anyone know if it's possible to do it with InterVideo WinDVD?

-Jesse

 

[Mike_G]

PowerDVD does it.

Mike

 

[Mike LS]

Can you not just pause the DVD where you want the screen capture and hit "print screen" to throw a copy to the clipboard?
I've never tried this, so there may be a reason that wouldn't work, but it seems that it should.

 

[Mike_G]

Mike,
No. The DVD software has a color that's used to overlay the video over. Sorta how bluescreening works in film. When you do a printscreen, you'll get the overlay color, not the video that's overlayed. The overlaying is done in hardware in the video card.

Mike

 

[Neil Joseph]

Mediamatics DVD player also does it and it too is free.

 

[Mike LS]

Mike,
No. The DVD software has a color that's used to overlay the video over. Sorta how bluescreening works in film. When you do a printscreen, you'll get the overlay color, not the video that's overlayed. The overlaying is done in hardware in the video card.

Mike

Ah, OK. That makes sense. Like I said, I never tried it, but sometimes the simple approach is best.

I agree with the PowerDVD suggestion. Good program and has an easy screen capture function.

 

[Jonathan Smith]

Jesse,
I also have the Intervideo WinDVD software and was trying to figure it out. Look in the help menu for Capture a still image (something like that.. it started with capture). It says that you can press "P" at any time during paused or moving playback and get a still image which is saved as cap001.bmp (and cap002, etc) in the Capture subdirectory of WinDVD on your hard drive.
I tried it and it didn't work for me:frowning: . The help menu also says that if it doesn't work to try disabling some option that is "grayed out" for me so I can't disable it. It was something about my video card that it didn't like I think. Maybe it will work for you.

 

[Jesse Clift]

Jonathan,

I found the help section you were referring to and I also couldn't get the "P" button to work. I pressed it a bunch of times and couldn't find the bmp files anywhere.

I also tried a different capture program (can't even remember what it's called, i already deleted it) and I got a black screen every time I tried to capture something. I assume this is because of the color overlay? Anyway, I'm going to keep trying some different programs. Does anyone know what Ron uses for his screen captures?

-Jesse