learning about stuff

[sab]

Hey, anyone out there feel like teaching me how to screencap DVDs? I just got an assload of pirated software that I *believe* will allow me the luxury of said, but it's all a jumble over here. Tips/tricks/software recommendations graciously accepted, thank you.

Me, I feel a Jeremiah mood theme coming on.

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[iamsab.livejournal.com]

It IS, but yet, when I click the "snap picture" button nothing happens. And when I use the 5clicks drag print-screen thing, I get the skin/frame of the DVD player but the image screen itself is just a black blank. Help?

[kernezelda]

Let me think about this - I'm not at home.

OK. My version is 5, and in the upper right corner of the player frame are three symbols, one of which is a camera. While the DVD is playing, I click the camera symbol, then a panel out to the right of the frame displays the shot.
There is a section below the captures that allows you to save as bmp or jpg files, one at a time or all at once.
If you slow the player speed, you can get multiple shots so you can choose the best one.

I am not familiar with '5clicks', but before I had IVWD5 I also failed trying to use print-screen drag.

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

Lemme investigate that, hang on.

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

Do you pause the DVD before capturing, or capture while it's playing?

[kernezelda]

Ah, home now, so I can look at the player.

Usually I'm capturing for animated gifs, so I do so while it's playing, but in .5 time instead of real time. If it's a specific image, then I'll pause.

Is any of this helping?

[iamsab.livejournal.com]

YEs! It works, it works. It turns out I had the version of WinDVD for Windows 2000, while I am running XP over here, so I had to download the update and anyway, things are glorious now and I'm forging ahead with my Jeremiah all-Markus all-the-time mood icons and I'm just thrilled to bits.

THANK YOUUUUUU!!!!!

[kernezelda]

Excellent!

When Jeremiah first came on, I watched the first few episodes, but somehow it just didn't catch my interest. I quite like your DS9 mood set, although the first time I saw a Breen I mistook it for Boba Fett.