PC: Print Screen

[phil]

OK so I'm using Power DVD 7.4 on my PC and I wanna take a screenshot of a movie, but you know just one screenshot, not COPY THE ENTIRE film like I read on the internet. PowerDVD doesn't allow me to take screenshots, any suggestions on how I can do this? I mean I just wanna show friends and maybe you guys a couple screenshots of films that I buy so I can show PQ quality.

[matthewrounds]

Are you saying that you cannot use shift+Prt Scr?

[kjacobs03]

I think you need special software for the Print Screen button to work. I had such a program called print screen 32 when I was on XP. Now I am on Vista 64 Ultimate and cannot find a program that works properly. I only get black screen shots.

[CptGreedle]

print screen IS disabled on PC and Mac cause it violates copyrights blah blah blah...
look up a screen capture program that will let you do it... they are out there and usually free.

[ruvic2007]

Try pressing ALT-PRTSCN at the same time and it will save the window to memory (clipboard). Then you can paste the content to a program like PAINT or WORD using CTRL-V. Goodluck!

Originally Posted by phil

OK so I'm using Power DVD 7.4 on my PC and I wanna take a screenshot of a movie, but you know just one screenshot, not COPY THE ENTIRE film like I read on the internet. PowerDVD doesn't allow me to take screenshots, any suggestions on how I can do this? I mean I just wanna show friends and maybe you guys a couple screenshots of films that I buy so I can show PQ quality.

[gvortex7]

Originally Posted by ruvic2007

Try pressing ALT-PRTSCN at the same time and it will save the window to memory (clipboard). Then you can paste the content to a program like PAINT or WORD using CTRL-V. Goodluck!

Yes, sort of. I just did it actually. Just hit the print screen button once (no button combinations needed) of the image you want to save, then open Microsoft Paint, in the edit menu just click paste and "voila" there you have your screen shot.

[WickyWoo]

OK so I'm using Power DVD 7.4 on my PC and I wanna take a screenshot of a movie, but you know just one screenshot, not COPY THE ENTIRE film like I read on the internet. PowerDVD doesn't allow me to take screenshots

They disabled it because people wrote programs before DeCSS that would simply press the button 30x a second and create a filmstrip file

[gvortex7]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

They disabled it because people wrote programs before DeCSS that would simply press the button 30x a second and create a filmstrip file

Who disabled what? I just saved a screen shot using Power DVD in the method that I described in my last post.

[WickyWoo]

Who disabled what? I just saved a screen shot using Power DVD in the method that I described in my last post.

Explaining why people are getting black squares when they try just the button

[gvortex7]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Explaining why people are getting black squares when they try just the button

I take it back. I thought I could save it, but it's only temporary. The image stays in Paint only as long as you have the Power DVD running. When you try to save the actual screen shot in either jpeg or bitmap form, you only get a black screen. No image. That sucks.

[gvortex7]

You were right WickyWoo.

[ruvic2007]

Pressing print screen alone will capture the entire desktop screen, but pressing the Alt key in combination with print screen will capture the currently selected window... unless ofcourse you are in a full screen mode.

Originally Posted by gvortex7

Yes, sort of. I just did it actually. Just hit the print screen button once (no button combinations needed) of the image you want to save, then open Microsoft Paint, in the edit menu just click paste and "voila" there you have your screen shot.

[dadkins]

You have to disable Hardware Acceleration or you will get a black screen/picture as the capture.

This may not work when trying to capture from the BD itself though, because PowerDVD may not work right(at all) with HW Accel disabled.

I rip the BD then playit back through PowerDVD with accel off.
Works fine reading from HDD.

EDIT: From the ripped "The Wild" BD:

[gvortex7]

Originally Posted by dadkins

You have to disable Hardware Acceleration or you will get a black screen/picture as the capture.

This may not work when trying to capture from the BD itself though, because PowerDVD may not work right(at all) with HW Accel disabled.

I rip the BD then playit back through PowerDVD with accel off.
Works fine reading from HDD.

EDIT: From the ripped "The Wild" BD:

That's a nice picture, wow.

[gvortex7]

Originally Posted by dadkins

You have to disable Hardware Acceleration or you will get a black screen/picture as the capture.

This may not work when trying to capture from the BD itself though, because PowerDVD may not work right(at all) with HW Accel disabled.

I rip the BD then playit back through PowerDVD with accel off.
Works fine reading from HDD.

EDIT: From the ripped "The Wild" BD:

When you go to Power DVD's configuration menu and click on the "Video" tab there is only an option to enable it. I think it is disabled by default.

[dadkins]

Third button from the right on PowerDVD is Capture frame.
When playing *ANY* Blu-ray video(disc or rip) that button changes to Popup Menu.

To get the screenie you see, I had to kill acceleration and open the 17GB M2TS file in PowerDVD then Shift+PrtSc and paste to image software(Irfanview).

If you try to playback the whole BDMV and snag a screen - not happening.

EDIT: I need to rip some other BDs for some newer screenshots, huh?

[supersix4]

when ever I do it I just hit print screen go to the paint folder and paste it lol

[gvortex7]

Originally Posted by supersix14

when ever I do it I just hit print screen go to the paint folder and paste it lol

Well that's what we talked about on this thread earlier. I did it this afternoon, but after I pasted the screen it won't save in any format. All I get is a black screen.

[gvortex7]

Originally Posted by dadkins

Third button from the right on PowerDVD is Capture frame.
When playing *ANY* Blu-ray video(disc or rip) that button changes to Popup Menu.

To get the screenie you see, I had to kill acceleration and open the 17GB M2TS file in PowerDVD then Shift+PrtSc and paste to image software(Irfanview).

If you try to playback the whole BDMV and snag a screen - not happening.

EDIT: I need to rip some other BDs for some newer screenshots, huh?

See obviously you're using the latest version of Power DVD. Mine is like 3 years old. I don't think it has a screen capture function, but I'll look for it nonetheless.

[WickyWoo]

See obviously you're using the latest version of Power DVD. Mine is like 3 years old. I don't think it has a screen capture function, but I'll look for it nonetheless.

It looks like a camera, or just press the "C" key and it'll make a jpg