Screenshots and DVD Player

vox barbaravox barbara
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Is it just me or is it common knowledge that you CAN'T grab pics (screenshots) from DVD movies?



And IF so, why is it like that?

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 5
    jimdreamworxjimdreamworx Posts: 1,092member
    Copyright rules. If you try running the Grab application directly, an alert comes up explaining it.



    What you can do is get the VLC Player from videolan.org and do a screenshot with the DVD playing with it.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    vox barbaravox barbara Posts: 2,021member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by JimDreamworx

    Copyright rules. If you try running the Grab application directly, an alert comes up explaining it.



    What you can do is get the VLC Player from videolan.org and do a screenshot with the DVD playing with it.



    Thank you Jim, i've considered copyright issues. VLC doesn't play DVD Mpgs

    correctly, i mean, vlc plays the movie, but screenies look like digital fun squares
  • Reply 3 of 5
    ericeasonericeason Posts: 118member
    We were able to get a screenshot of a dvd in our newspaper class last year. I don't remember exactly how, but we were running os9. mabe os 9 doesn't have the copyright restrictions.
  • Reply 4 of 5
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    OS 9 does something very strange with dvd screenshots. You could pause the movie, get a screenshot, open the picture and it appears. But if you start playing the DVD both the DVD player and the still picture will play show the movie.
  • Reply 5 of 5
    giaguaragiaguara Posts: 2,724member
    It is considered common knowledge .. [though I may have to explain it to customers every now and then] .. if you want screenshots, http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/ does it ..
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