FAQ: Capping pictures from DVD, How to.. Options

[johnno]

i am trying to capture from dvds on my pc. i am playing the dvd in windows media player, going to full screen and then pressing print screen. i then go into paint and thats where my problems seem to start. i select the portion of the screen, click copy and then paste in a new page. ... seems to turn out completely black all the time.

I also tried this in photoshop but to no avail. must be a small thing i am doing wrong.

Excuse my ignorance but anyone got any tips? Thanks

This post has been edited by ladsnet: Feb 8 2006, 10:16

[Nine Bob Note]

I'd suggest you download PowerDVD - it's much simpler, but if you will persist...

Display Properties > Settings > Advanced > Troubleshoot > Set hardware acceleration to none.

[David]

i tried to make some captures with the camera button of power dvd, and when i pasted them in photoshop, i only saw a green screen i dont know why because it used to work, and i havent moved the settings

[Coconut Airways]

On windows mediaplayer I just press control and i and it seems to work ok.

[eternal_inertia]

i tried to make some captures with the camera button of power dvd, and when i pasted them in photoshop, i only saw a green screen i dont know why because it used to work, and i havent moved the settings

Hmm I have a problem with powerdvd when it tries to save the pictures as a .jpeg/.jpg for some reason no other program notices that they're a correct picture format. So check your settings David. I've noticed it only works if PowerDVD saves them as .bmp files; which you can then open with paint or paint shop pro etc. and save as a jpeg for easier uploading and posting here etc.

Hope that helps.
Danny x

[David]

of course it does thank you

[guylikeu]

Try http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

^Free, and does screencaptures very easily

[cracked]

Try http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

^Free, and does screencaptures very easily

I just tried it. Everytime I try and capture something it shuts my comp. down


So...I just tried windvd which was already on my comp......very easy indeed. Cheers for letting me know how easy it really is!

This post has been edited by cracked: Jan 25 2006, 18:19

[guylikeu]

Oh - how bizarre!
I've neevr heard of anyone having problems with VLC. Maybe it installed wrong, or you chose tyhe wrong version?

I forgot to mention imagegrabber before, which is a great little free program, but I cant find the link to download it now

I found this at download.com, and it looks good - http://www.download.com/Capturex/3000-2194...tml?tag=lst-0-1

^Never used it though

[ladsnet]

Also please remember that most capping programs will cap to 4:3 format (old shape telly)

To return the pics to their proper widescreen shape (16:9) you should do a resize using your paintshop program of 100% wide, 75% height.

[cracked]

windvd captures in the ratio the film is playing...as you can see...

[Lovely_Head]

How does one cap from Windvd? Every time I turn the acceleration down it refuses to run.

[likehimhairy]

'capture me' for mac osx is great.

freeware download.

Does the trick.

[cracked]

How does one cap from Windvd? Every time I turn the acceleration down it refuses to run.

Do you mean when you slow it down using the tortoise symbol, making it easier to see what you want to capture?
I just tried and captured no problem.
I'm using version 5.

[GravedaveUK]

Does anyone know how to get high resolution/definition captures from a dvd? Ive used PowerDVD but it only seems to capture images at 96dpi and the image appears a little fuzzy and blurred. I cant see anyway of changing the capturing dpi and photoshop isnt really helping becuase the initial capture isnt that great in the first place. If theres a simple solution Id love to hear it Thanks!

[lilmizzomer]

Hi does anybody know how to watch & rip a dvd which is copyright protected?

[saracen]

i am trying to capture from dvds on my pc. i am playing the dvd in windows media player, going to full screen and then pressing print screen. i then go into paint and thats where my problems seem to start. i select the portion of the screen, click copy and then paste in a new page. ... seems to turn out completely black all the time.

I also tried this in photoshop but to no avail. must be a small thing i am doing wrong.

Excuse my ignorance but anyone got any tips? Thanks

Also have Windows Media Player and Cyberlink/PowerDVD,but unable to capture DVD screenscaps on to my PC.Could do with some assistance

[KernowKid]

Try and get hold of Intervideo's WinDVD program Capping is simply a click on the Control Panel on that. It's what I've always used.

[Tiuri]

Also have Windows Media Player and Cyberlink/PowerDVD,but unable to capture DVD screenscaps on to my PC.Could do with some assistance

In PowerDVD, go to Configuration > Advanced button > Snapshot tab >Select Capture to File and JPG as file format > Select a folder on your computer for the caps to be put in.

That's it. Play a DVD and pause the movie when you want to cap it. Press the Cap button (or the C button on your keyboard, I think) and an image file will be created.

I don't think this works when you use PowerDVD to play a movie file, but it works for proper DVDs

[saracen]

Thanks Tiuri (again) and KernowKid for your assistance ,I manage to download and use the VLC system from guylikeu 's 25th Jan. post's weblink,and it seems to working fine as you may have noticed today !

Cheers,Happy Hogmanay and all the best for 2007