We all know this problem for quite a while:
You try to capture a screenshot from a wmv/avi/mov running file using print-scr, but each time you get a blank image of the video player.
So how can you take still image caps from a video file, running online or offline?
Much praise for the guys at quickonlinetips.com for describing how to solve this irritating problem:
http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/03/capture-images-from-windows-media-player/
Remember to look at the comments for more suggestions and notes about the fix.
My 2 cents:
With recent versions of WMP (12) branded for URGE, the trick doesn’t work for DVD’s, even if you disable all accelerations on both WM options and in control panel. So I had to use PowerDVD, and disable the hardware acceleration on its settings menu - and it worked.
Read how to apply the fix here -> http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/03/capture-images-from-windows-media-player/
There are lots of desktop recorder programs you can use.
http://www.newfreedownloads.com/find/desktop-recorder.html
Nice links...these proggies however help to capture screen activity into a video file. The original issue was how to make screenshots off a video file playing in a media player - something that can be done only if you change the settings, as explained in the help link above.
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