Taking screen shots of a movie in Windows Media Player?

[JuanDixon]

I take a screen shot of a movie playing on WMP, which saves a BMP, and then I open up the BMP and I see the screen shot, but if I close WMP, I lose the shot in the BMP (there is just that black purplish color where a movie should be). It's the weirdest thing. How can I go about saving a screen shot of a movie?

 

[fr]

Temporarily turn off the hardware acceleration in WMP so it won't use hardware overlay to display the image. Remember to turn it back on later.

You can also try a program like HyperSnapDX.

 

[cpals]

I don't know if I read this here or a different forum, but I heard it has something to do with hardware acceleration being turned 'on'

 

[cpals]

How'd you get there first... they're the same times!

 

[JuanDixon]

Where is the hardware acceleration feature?

 

[cpals]

Originally posted by: JuanDixon
Where is the hardware acceleration feature?

Ahh... so many questions. It's in your Windows Media Player settings. View...Options..