How do you get a screenshot of an mpeg?

[JoeKing]

I'm working on my digital portfolio and I want to make thumbnails to some videos I've made. The old printscreen button only shows a blank screen where the video should be. Anyone know of a program that'll get me a still of an mpeg? I'm using XP btw

 

[Valhalla1]

something about going into directdraw settings or something and unchecking everything...

 

[slydecix]

ctrl+i in windows media player

 

[JoeKing]

Thanks Elitebull! It worked perfect. I never knew about that key combo

 

[Ikonomi]

Originally posted by: Elitebull
ctrl+i in windows media player

Haha, if I had known about this, it would have saved me installing like three other players to see which one you can screenshot from.

 

[Valhalla1]

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[cdan]

Open up Media Player twice.

 

[thirtythree]

Originally posted by: Elitebull
ctrl+i in windows media player

whoa! thanks.

 

[clutz123]

Originally posted by: thirtythree

Originally posted by: Elitebull
ctrl+i in windows media player

whoa! thanks.

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: clutz123

Originally posted by: thirtythree

Originally posted by: Elitebull
ctrl+i in windows media player

whoa! thanks.

 

[wiredspider]

Sweet! Thanks, was trying to show a bud something in a movie and I ending up having to get the quicktime....So much easier with this .

 

[Mallow]

Does Alt-PrintScreen not take a screen shot of what is displayed in WMP?

 

[NightCrawler]

Originally posted by: Elitebull
ctrl+i in windows media player

Doesn't seem to work with Windows Media Player 9 ?

 

[Derango]

Originally posted by: Mallow
Does Alt-PrintScreen not take a screen shot of what is displayed in WMP?

I think it works based on some kind of an overlay deal, which means it won't show up in a regular screenshot.

 

[slydecix]

Originally posted by: NightCrawler

Originally posted by: Elitebull
ctrl+i in windows media player

Doesn't seem to work with Windows Media Player 9 ?

It depends on the file type. Protected formats, like certain .wmv's, don't work

 

[Iceblu]

haha i didn't know about the Ctrl+i thingy.... i've been using my tv tuner capture application to get screenshots all along...

thanks

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Elitebull
ctrl+i in windows media player

Cool, learned something useful today.

 

[Mavrick007]

You could always go into PowerDVD or WinDVD and do a screen capture of an mpeg too.

I'm not sure why the Alt-Print Screen didn't work for you. I just paused the video and did that and it loaded up in Paint with no problem. Perhaps it's specific protected files that will not allow you to do this.