Looking for a program that takes screen caprtures of DVD's

[CrazyHelloDeli]

I want to take snapshots of some of my DVD movies from PowerDVD but I dont know of a program that does it. Anyone know of a free app that does this? Thanks.

 

[BlueWeasel]

Do you mean a screen capture? PowerDVD already has that capability.

 

[GhettoFob]

PowerDVD can already do this. Right click on the camera icon to configure it to your liking.

 

[oog]

A number of video players have that capability. Media Player Classic has it as well.

 

[Ichinisan]

The software that came with my old Sigma Designs Real-Magic Hollywood Plus hardware DVD decoder card would not allow me to take snapshots from any 'copy-protected' DVD...which is pretty much all of them.

 

[CrazyHelloDeli]

EDIT* I didnt know PowerDVD had a screenshot capability, but it doesnt allow me to take snapshots of any of the DVD's ive tried. Its like Ichinisan said, I guess it doesnt work for copy protected discs.

Just to clarify, I want to be able to take a screenshot from a DVD that is playing.

 

[igowerf]

No you don't use the Print Screen key. Power DVD has a little button in the controls for taking a screen cap.

 

[Ichinisan]

Originally posted by: igowerf
No you don't use the Print Screen key. Power DVD has a little button in the controls for taking a screen cap.

I think he tried PowerDVD's capture function.

 

[CrazyHelloDeli]

Originally posted by: igowerf
No you don't use the Print Screen key. Power DVD has a little button in the controls for taking a screen cap.

Yeah, I said I tried that. No matter what DVD I put in, that little Camera icon is grayed out and wont let me click it.

 

[CrazyHelloDeli]

Well, I figured it out. I had to disable Hardware Acceleration in PowerDVD before it would let me take a screen capture. Thanks again guys.

 

[Ichinisan]

Strange. You would think that it would be simple for the decoder software to process one frame manually when you click the capture button...even if you were using the hardware-accelerated overlay mode.

Lazy programmers...

 

[rh71]

what does hardware acceleration actually do ? Mine is usually off.