Taking screenshots of video

[nooob]

How we can take screenshots from the playing video or DVD file? everytime i prees the printscreen button and then go to paint and paste it, it come the full black background image. How can i take the proper video screenshot ?
Thanks a lot.

[Mac rumor]

Which media player you are using? this can be done with various media player, options are available in players like vlc and all.

[Nigel_123]

To take a snapshot of the video displayed by VLC, you just need to press the pre-defined snapshot hotkey:

• Windows / Linux / Unix: Ctrl-Alt-s
  
• Mac OS X: Command-Alt-s

To change it, go to Preferences -> Interface -> Hotkeys settings, check Advanced options, and set Take video snapshot.

[Raiz]

There are multiple options are available for this:

Capture Screenshot From A Running Video
Capturing Images From Wmv Video

Hope this helps.

[Abedin]

Turn off hardware acceleration in the program, prnt screen, paste in mspaint, turn on hardware acceleration.

In Windows Media Player:

• In Media Player 7 or later, select Tools > Options > Performance tab. In Media Player v.6.4 and earlier, select View > Options > Playback.
• Click and drag the Hardware Acceleration slider to the left, changing the setting from Full to None.

In RealOne Player:

• Select Tools > Preferences > Hardware in the navigation pane
• Click and drag the Playback Performance slider to the left, changing the setting from Best quality to Lowest CPU usage.

In WinAmp

• Click Options - Preferences - General Preferences, select Video.
• Uncheck Allow hardware video overlay.