can't screen capture DVD on WinXP

[Sheepdog]

i wanna get a screen capture from a DVD for my avatar, but i can't. it's hard to explain, but paint and irfanview will have the image in the window, but it will be off centered or else gone if the DVD player is closed. ...as though the image isn't really there, and alli captured was a window back to the player. this happens regardless of what player i use to play the DVD.

funny thing is, i got a successful screen capture from a DVD about several months ago. though, i've reformatted the hard drive since then.

anyone have any ideas?

[Minnesota]

Practically the same experience. I can capture anything off the screen except DVD images. They show up in various programs, but will not allow themselves to be used or saved. I do understand there are programs (illegal?) that will work.

[$cirisme]

Nope. Most DVD players, especially WMP9, will use hardware buffering or some similar trick to prevent it from being captured.

It's all part of the Evil MPAA Plot to control the world cause they don't trust their customers.

[JCA]

Hmm. there is the DivX DVD player.. I have successfully captured images from DVD with that, but on Win2000. I can't do it on XP due to a codex issue with my version DVD player, so can't say if it works.. and I don't think it is free.

There are other free players you can find online searching via Google, these may not have the limitations you are running into..


L&P

:jca:

[Sheepdog]

Nope. Most DVD players, especially WMP9, will use hardware buffering or some similar trick to prevent it from being captured.

It's all part of the Evil MPAA Plot to control the world cause they don't trust their customers.

Media Player 9! the evil fiends... that is pretty much all that has been changed since the last capture i did.

[Sheepdog]

Hmm. there is the DivX DVD player.. I have successfully captured images from DVD with that, but on Win2000. I can't do it on XP due to a codex issue with my version DVD player, so can't say if it works.. and I don't think it is free.

There are other free players you can find online searching via Google, these may not have the limitations you are running into..

JCA! check your email, brutha.

i'll look up DivX later... i found a free player on download.com, but the video quality was poor. i guess you get what you pay for

[Calvinist4Him]

i wanna get a screen capture from a DVD for my avatar, but i can't. it's hard to explain, but paint and irfanview will have the image in the window, but it will be off centered or else gone if the DVD player is closed. ...as though the image isn't really there, and alli captured was a window back to the player. this happens regardless of what player i use to play the DVD.

funny thing is, i got a successful screen capture from a DVD about several months ago. though, i've reformatted the hard drive since then.

anyone have any ideas?

I can capture screenshots from DVD's with "PowerDVD". I think it's pretty much the "standard" of software DVD players... http://www.gocyberlink.com/english/p....jsp?ProdId=28

check out an example (maybe not the best example either) of a screenshot I captured below...