DVD Screengrabber

Mr_Skint_2

Can anyone reccomend one prefferably a freebie...


Just so that when im watching a DVD fullscreen on lappy I can grab
a shot by using a keystroke so I can make some wallpapers etc....

Thanks Peeps

:beer: :j :money:
:mad: :rolleyes: :eek: :cool: :rotfl: :T :A

greyster

turn off hardware acceleration on your graphics card.
play your DVD on any player
take screenshot

to disable hardware acceleration:

right click on desktop
properties
advanced
then - find the tab associated with acceleration, and remove tick from "hardware acceleration."

Turn it back on when your done. It is not possible to take pictures of DVDs with it on.

Mr_Skint_2

But if I do that what program shall I paste the result to?

As with photoed I just get a black picture.

greyster

its because you havent turned hardware acc off.

Doesnt matter what application you use - to copy to.

Mr_Skint_2

Done will try now................... fingers crossed

Mr_Skint_2

Works but just get really naff screen resolution.........

Mmm any more ideas anyone........ Thanks greyster

greyster

A large part of screen capturing software captures standard Windows output instead of DirectX output while DVD, Windows Media Player, Internet movies and other streaming videos use DirectX output to accelerate a drawing. Note, most of modern graphical cards use built-in hardware accelerators to draw DirectX scenes. Unfortunately, DirectX uses its own output system and can't be captured via the common Windows GDI interface.

In a nutshell, its unlikely you'll find a solution, especially a free one. It took me hours to find the above solution for a friend a few months back who wanted a screenshot from the Alice in Wonderland DVD.......

matty_c608

I know that Intervideo WinDVD has a screen shot function!

Press P during playback.

Although not free, it comes with nearly every single computer, preinstalled!

Hope that helps you all out. Sorry it took you hours 'greyster'!

Matt.

Mr_Skint_2

Yeah its a pain in the nuts,

Oooh just found out I can do it within Power DVD it was buried :T :T


Just a resized test shot....

greyster

looks like I didn't look hard enough :-o

I guess these applications have the technology behind them unlike media player etc.

Mr_Skint_2

Yeah I got Cyberlink DVD player bundled in there well I tried it before but made a hash of things, but I tried again and sussed the little !!!!!!.....

Thanks though greyster