simonb Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Anyone know how to get a screenshot from Windows Media Player, version 10??? I do it, and when i paste it, it continues to play the video, or else just show a black screen. Anyone?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 This is due to the fact Windows Media Player (and pretty much all other video player software) uses the hardware overlay feature of the graphics card. Do a Google for "Screen grab overlay" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chav Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Or to make it use the display device without hardware overlay, goto Options in Media Player, select the Performance page, and then set Video acceleration to None. It then won't use the overlay, so you'll be able to take screen shots easier! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorburn Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 Depends on your graphic card drivers, my ATI doesn't let you do that, the slider is greyed out as are any overlay options under advanced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chav Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Depends on your graphic card drivers, my ATI doesn't let you do that, the slider is greyed out as are any overlay options under advanced [/ QUOTE ] In that case, use the general hardware acceleration tab in the display properties|Trouble shoot|page to set hardware acceleration to none. ATI Catalyst should give you separate overlay controls in the driver and media player though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingpongpo Posted October 27, 2005 Report Share Posted October 27, 2005 I go with the hardware acceleration dude. Way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonb Posted October 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 [ QUOTE ] Or to make it use the display device without hardware overlay, goto Options in Media Player, select the Performance page, and then set Video acceleration to None. It then won't use the overlay, so you'll be able to take screen shots easier! [/ QUOTE ] Yes! Works a treat. Thanks for that - and thanks for everyone else for their advice too. Great thing is TSN - innit!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woppum Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 ignoring that WMP10 is part of SP2 so i wont have an option once i reinstall and update, what are the differences/advantages of wmp10 over 9? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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