Screen capture for Windows Media Player - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

choskins · 01-18-2005, 07:36 PM

Can someone recommend one that will screen capture a file being played on WMP or a dvd player? When I use Screenhunter on a mpg being played on WMP, it captures a black screen. Thanks.

agk · 01-18-2005, 07:38 PM

use the windows movie maker and it will work

btw, it should already be on your pc, if you have XP. go to start > program files > accessories and you should see it there

guthmund · 01-18-2005, 11:30 PM

Or....

You can go to the performance tab under options and take the slider all the way to the left and then take your screenshots. It solves that black screen capture crap.

The movie won't go full screen (or at least they don't for me,) but that wasn't an issue as far as I was concerned.

JeremyS · 01-20-2005, 11:30 AM

While watching video in WMP, you can press ctrl+I, and it'll come up with a save dialog, to save the screenshot of what was playing.

BoCo · 01-21-2005, 06:45 PM

JeremyS, I tried that in WMP10 and it doesn't work.

powerclown · 01-21-2005, 07:20 PM

try tuning off video acceleration:
tools/options/performance/turn off video acceleration

then take the snapshot.

MichaelFarker · 03-09-2005, 09:07 AM

Thanks for the advice on fixing the black screen in a capture. It worked well for me.

01-18-2005, 07:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
choskins Psycho Location: Greenville, SC	Screen capture for Windows Media Player Can someone recommend one that will screen capture a file being played on WMP or a dvd player? When I use Screenhunter on a mpg being played on WMP, it captures a black screen. Thanks. __________________ "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." - Sigmund Freud

01-18-2005, 11:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
guthmund big damn hero	Or.... You can go to the performance tab under options and take the slider all the way to the left and then take your screenshots. It solves that black screen capture crap. The movie won't go full screen (or at least they don't for me,) but that wasn't an issue as far as I was concerned. __________________ No signature. None. Seriously.

01-21-2005, 06:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
BoCo Fear the bunny Location: Hanging off the tip of the Right Wing	JeremyS, I tried that in WMP10 and it doesn't work. __________________ Activism is a way for useless people to feel important.

01-18-2005, 07:38 PM	#2 (permalink)
agk Upright	use the windows movie maker and it will work btw, it should already be on your pc, if you have XP. go to start > program files > accessories and you should see it there

01-20-2005, 11:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
JeremyS Crazy	While watching video in WMP, you can press ctrl+I, and it'll come up with a save dialog, to save the screenshot of what was playing.

01-21-2005, 07:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
powerclown Junkie Location: Detroit, MI	try tuning off video acceleration: tools/options/performance/turn off video acceleration then take the snapshot.

03-09-2005, 09:07 AM	#7 (permalink)
MichaelFarker 2+2=5? Not again! Location: Dallas, Texas	Thanks for the advice on fixing the black screen in a capture. It worked well for me.