How do i take a screenshot of...

[Jack the Ripper]

...a video. Im trying to take a screenshot of a music video from yahoo.com (its all in windows media format) and everytime i paste it into paint i get black where the screen should be.

Help a dummy out...

 

[vbraun]

I don't think it's possible. But you could get a camera and take a picture of your monitor.

 

[GenMarshall]

I beleve if you go under tools/options and select the performance tab and lower the video acceleration to the middle area would work.

 

[Dell19]

Some video players have a screen grab button to allow you to take pictures.

 

[Aphex_Twin]

Doesn't "Print Screen" work?

Press Print Screen, then in Paint do "Paste".

 

[vbraun]

Doesn't "Print Screen" work?

Press Print Screen, then in Paint do "Paste".

I think thats what he tried.

I rember pressing Print Screen to get some pictures out a Rome: Total War wonder movie and I just got a black box.

 

[Longasc]

PRINT SCREEN does not work because

... the videos are HARDWARE ACCELERATED.

Solution: It will work as soon as you deactivate Hardware Acceleration in the player, just as CivGeneral said - to be more precise, not only middle, if you do not see a switch turn hardware acceleration off, turn it all down.

You have the same problems if you try to show a windows media player video on a beamer, they get a funny black screen... simply switch hardware acceleration off.