Screen Shots while watching DVD?

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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Does anyone know how to take a screenshot while watching a DVD on an ibook? I'm buying the 12" combo model for my son next week and I want to make sure that he can get clear screen captures for a project that he is working on. (We do this now on a PC with WinDVD). Thanks in advance for your help.



Gil

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    There are a number of freeware and shareware tools that will allow you to capture the screen when Apple's own screencapture tool refuses during DVD playback. My personal favorite is <a href="http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/"; target="_blank">Snapz Pro X</a> because it has several other features including motion/sound capture of the screen.



    Search VersionTracker.com or MacUpdate.com for other similar utilities.
  • Reply 2 of 6
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    why not over the terminal ?
  • Reply 3 of 6
    lundylundy Posts: 4,466member
    [quote]Originally posted by gilbreth:

    <strong>Does anyone know how to take a screenshot while watching a DVD on an ibook?



    Gil </strong><hr></blockquote>



    SnapZ may have problems with ATI chips like the Radeon in the iBook. Apple's built-in screen cap (command-shift-3) is disabled and won't work.



    The solution seems to be Snatcher. Check Versiontracker for it.
  • Reply 4 of 6
    [quote]Originally posted by lundy:

    <strong>SnapZ may have problems with ATI chips like the Radeon in the iBook.</strong><hr></blockquote>No, on 10.2 Snapz works fine with ATI chips and will capture the DVD region. It was under 10.1 that the DVD region was filled with solid green on ATI cards.
  • Reply 5 of 6
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    Like Defiant said, the 'screencapture' tool works just fine from the command line when DVD Player is open...as long as your graphics card supports Quartz Extreme...
  • Reply 6 of 6
    defiantdefiant Posts: 4,876member
    [code]

    usage: screencapture [-icmwsWx] [file] [cursor]

    -i capture screen interactively, by selection or window

    control key - causes screen shot to go to clipboard

    space key - toggle between mouse selection and

    window selection modes

    escape key - cancels interactive screen shot

    -c force screen capture to go to the clipboard

    -m only capture the main monitor, undefined if -i is set

    -w only allow window selection mode

    -s only allow mouse selection mode

    -W start interaction in window selection mode

    -x do not play sounds

    file where to save the screen capture

    </pre><hr></blockquote>



    HTH



    btw, it's FREE !



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