Topic: How do you capture images in Windows Media Player?

[JonLeung]

Now I know about going into the Display Properties > Settings > Advanced > Troubleshoot and sliding the Hardware Accleration down to None, which usually works, but now I'm trying to capture images from a DVD and it doesn't work because as soon as I decelerate it I lose the image in Windows Media Player.



Any ideas?

[Peardian]

I had to go out and find a DVD player that supported screen capturing features. It worked great, but was a demo and you could only really use it for one sitting before having to go and completely uninstall it and stuff. I don't remember the name either, sorry.



If I find a way, I'll let you know.

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[Piranhaplant]

If you have windows movie maker, which comes with a lot of computers, you can screen capture from there.

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[Revned]

I believe what you're seeing is a form of copy protection. It doesn't let me take screenshots at all when my DVD player application is running. I used to have a 3rd party program that re-enabled it, though.

[dammit9x]

Works fine with Media Player Classic, as long as you use something besides Overlay Mixer for DirectShow Video.



http://www.free-codecs.com/download/Media_Player_Classic.htm



Doesn't answer your question but it's a solution.

[JonLeung]

Never mind, I found that using VideoLAN/VLC Player works.  It has a screenshot option, no need to mess with stupid hardware acceleration/deceleration or overlays.

[Ryan Ferneau]

I know there's a button to take a still from a video in Windows Movie Maker, at least in the XP version.

[DarkWolf]

I was going to mention VLC, but you've already found it.  I use it as my main media player.