DVD SCREEN GRABS....?

[Brian Haworth]

Newer systems with better graphics cards can do it, but old systems like yours and mine are SOL. The DVD graphics just don't render on the screen like everything else.

 

[Jalexster]

I know exactly what your problem is.

Newer DVD drives transfer all the video and audio via software (the data channel on the drive). Older drives send the audio straight to the audio card/circuits through a cable. And they send the video to the video card directly.

The card renders everything on screen but the video, and then gets the DVD stream from the frive, instead of from the software, and overlays it where it is supposed to go.

Which is exactly why you can't capture the video. It's being combined with the rest of the GUI via hardware, not software. Therefore, software can't capture it, only hardware can (like if you hooked the S-video connector up to a capture box or something like that).

 

[mikebatho]

finally...

Any more suggestions, or should I put this idea to bed.....?

 

[sgarringer]

Give me a DVD movie, any DVD movie, and I'll give you a screen capture, w/o the blue/black thing you're talking about. There are so many ways on the PC to get rid of whatever protection crap it's not even funny.

You didnt bother to read the rest of my post, you know, the part where I explained how to do it?

 

[dongmin]

Any more suggestions, or should I put this idea to bed.....?

sounds like you're SOL with that old computer of yours. your only possibilities are:

1. borrow a newer computer

2. take digital photos of your screen. on a lcd it won't be so bad. i've done this from tv screens. has some distortion but i kinda liked the effect.