Screencapping?

[sineala]

Asking on behalf of lysimache: Does anyone know how to screencap from DVDs on a Mac? Free/easy solutions are preferred.

Please? I'll, uh, make you a Highlander icon if you can help.

(Relevant info: iBook G4 running 10.4.)

Comments

[jmtorres]

Try Preview's grab window tool.

[sineala]

Huh, okay, that didn't occur to me. I'll pass it on.

[cacahuate]

Just use any screencap software that doesn't come with the Mac. Screenshot Pro and Capture Me are a couple I've used.

Or, you can use a DVD player that doesn't come with the Mac-that way it won't know a DVD is playing. VLC is the best option, and an essential player anyway. With it, you can use a screencap program, or control-click on the video to take a "snapshot" which will be saved to the desktop, or hit command-shift-4 (which you can do anytime on a Mac except when DVD Player is running) and select the area you'd like to capture, which will be saved to the desktop.

[sineala]

Okay. That sounds doable. Thanks for the help!

[sineala]

Yay! Thank you kindly.

[sineala]

Jen says she's having problems getting DVDCapture to work right -- it's capturing her whole screen and she wants just the DVD window. Any ideas?