No screenshots while playing a DVD?

KingYaba

macrumors 68040

Original poster

• Aug 18, 2006

• #1

I never knew this until yesterday but when I was playing the Simpsons DVD I wanted to take a pic of Homer. So I paused and try to take a screeny. Evidently I get the alert sound and it won't. Any reason?

EDIT: Using DVD Player App Version 4.6.5

 

clevin

macrumors G3

• Aug 18, 2006

• #2

which software are you using?

 

~Shard~

macrumors P6

• Aug 18, 2006

• #3

cmd-shift-4 didn't work for you? I believe it has worked for me in the past with videos... 😕

 

WildCowboy

Administrator/Editor

Staff member

• Aug 18, 2006

• #4

If you're using DVD Player, Apple has disabled screenshots. You can work around it in Terminal...follow this advice. Or use VLC to play your DVDs.

 

brepublican

macrumors 6502a

• Aug 18, 2006

• #5

I've never tried it while using iDVD, but I've heard its not supposed to work. If you're still trying to get Homer, fire up VLC 🙂

EDIT: WildCowboy beat me to it

 

KingYaba

macrumors 68040

Original poster

• Aug 18, 2006

• #6

Yeah, I forgot VLC plays dvds. 😛 but I was using the DVD app (because it's set by default...) I'll have to rememer that.

Any reason behind Apple disabling screenshots while using the DVD player? Copywrite issues?

 

WildCowboy

Administrator/Editor

Staff member

• Aug 18, 2006

• #7

KingYaba said:

Any reason behind Apple disabling screenshots while using the DVD player? Copywrite issues?

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Probably...kinda silly, but they've continued doing it for a long time now. 🙄

 

~Shard~

macrumors P6

• Aug 18, 2006

• #8

WildCowboy said:

If you're using DVD Player, Apple has disabled screenshots. You can work around it in Terminal...follow this advice. Or use VLC to play your DVDs.

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Ah yes, I must always take my screenshots in VLC then, never DVD Player... come to think of it, I never use DVD Player for anything...

 

Killyp

macrumors 68040

• Aug 18, 2006

• #9

What is VLC? 😕

 

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MacNeXT

macrumors 6502

• Aug 18, 2006

• #10

Killyp said:

What is VLC? 😕

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www.videolan.org/vlc/

Or, www.google.com would have worked too.

 

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0003838

Suspended

• Aug 18, 2006

• #11

😱

I had the same problem while trying to use grab to take a photo of me skydiving. I sort of gave up and forgot about it, very happy there is a work around 😎

 

~Shard~

macrumors P6

• Aug 18, 2006

• #12

Killyp said:

What is VLC? 😕

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The best media player there is. You don't need anything else when you have VLC. 😉 😎

 

funkychunkz

macrumors 6502a

• Aug 19, 2006

• #13

brepublican said:

I've never tried it while using iDVD, but I've heard its not supposed to work. If you're still trying to get Homer, fire up VLC 🙂

EDIT: WildCowboy beat me to it

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Don't try playing DVD's in iDVD, it's read support is still rather limited still.


I hate VLC with a passion, it can't play anything I have, and I can't figure out why. Why use a different media player when there is a plethora of screenshot tools available?

 

~Shard~

macrumors P6

• Aug 19, 2006

• #14

funkychunkz said:

I hate VLC with a passion, it can't play anything I have, and I can't figure out why.

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What on earth are you trying to play with it? 😕 99% of the people here, including myself, will swear by the exact opposite - with few exceptions, VLC will play anything and everything thrown at it. AVI, MPEG, MOV, DIVX, VOB, even BIN/CUE files! The only format I know it has issues with is WMV, but QT can handle those with F4M, so between those 2 players, I haven't come across one single video file which I could not play on my Mac.