How To Do A Screen Capture on PowerDVD 8.0

[Apoptosis]

I am trying to do a screen capture of a Blu-Ray movie on PowerDVD 8.0 and I can't find a capture button on the software. Doing a Print Screen just pastes a black box into paint... I did a print screen in FRAPS also and it was black too... Is there a way to take a screen shot when PowerDVD is playing a movie? I know it's on a different layer and all, but something has to work.

[martini161]

have you ever head of snagit? if you havent i would strongley recomend checking it out. not sure if it can do that, but i have yet to find anything it cant capture.

[bubba]

Have you tried this
http://docs.cyberlink.com/english/produ ... n_tips.jsp

[Apoptosis]

Have you tried this
http://docs.cyberlink.com/english/produ ... n_tips.jsp

That feature isn't there in PowerDVD 8.0 as the took it out... Just got a response back from CyberLink:

Dear Nathan,

Thank you for contacting CyberLink Technical Support.

We understand your concern related with PowerDVD.

Please note that while playing the Blu-ray you can not take the screen capture because this feature is not available to take the screen capture in PowerDVD.

Please feel free to contact us back for any further clarification or for any assistance related to CyberLink products.

Thanks and Regards
CyberLink Technical Support

Going to try snagit as I haven't used that one ever.

[martini161]

are you on vista? if you are it might have something to do with HDCP issues especially as its a bluray disk

[bubba]

why the hell they take it out for? makes no since...

[hnzw_rui]

why the hell they take it out for? makes no since...

As I recall, the first method devised to circumvent HD DVD/Blu-Ray protection made use of screen caps. Hence, screen cap feature was removed after that.

[InspectahACE]

WEll...I know in PowerDvd 7 Ultra you can press the letter "C" to do a screen capture(no caps required)....try that( if you haven't yet tried of course..i didnt see you mention it so i thought id try )..i noticed the missing capture button myself on 8.0.but apparently the version of PDVD8 that I have doesnt do HD-DVD so back to 7 it was for me

[Apoptosis]

I am running Vista, but this is not OS specific from what I understand.

WEll...I know in PowerDvd 7 Ultra you can press the letter "C" to do a screen capture(no caps required)....try that( if you haven't yet tried of course..i didnt see you mention it so i thought id try )..i noticed the missing capture button myself on 8.0.but apparently the version of PDVD8 that I have doesnt do HD-DVD so back to 7 it was for me

For the comment on Power DVD 8.0 not playing HD-DVD's you are correct... This is what CyberLink says about that:

After Toshiba made their announcement that it will no longer develop, manufacture and market HD DVD format discs and the fact that there will be limited new title releases in HD DVD format, CyberLink has decided to remove HD DVD support from PowerDVD 8. However, CyberLink will continue to support and maintain HD DVD movie playback in PowerDVD Ultra (version 7.3).

For the PowerDVD Ultra users who wish to keep HD DVD capabilities, we highly suggest them to purchase a full version of PowerDVD 8. The full version of PowerDVD 8 does not uninstall the previous version and will allow users to have both Blu-ray and HD DVD players. Users can use PowerDVD 8 to playback BD and DVD titles, and use PowerDVD Ultra to playback HD DVD movies.

For the PowerDVD Ultra users who want Blu-ray capabilities only, they can purchase the upgrade version. The upgrade version replaces PowerDVD Ultra with version 8. Hence, they will no longer be able to have HD DVD movie playback. Since this is an upgrade version, the price is relatively lower.

So, what I did is like they said... Updated version 7.2 up to version 8.0 and I get all the new features and can still play my HD-DVD's. They took the damn screen capture feature away though and I don't get that. I want to be able to do screen caps if I want to... I bought the $100 Blu-Ray player, the $100 software to play it and the $34.99 movie... I own it all, it's all legit and I should be able to do a screen capture... I got someone in Cyberlink to e-mail me back just a few minutes ago...

Dear Nate,

This is [name removed] of CyberLink.

Our PR specialist, [Name Removed] will contact with you.

Best regards,

[name removed]

Vice President
Business Development

Maybe I'll get an answer on this tomorrow.

[Sapientun]

Seriously, that's some weird stuff that Cyberlink are doing. Such a simple feature from what I understand and they pulled it out...

[hnzw_rui]

Again:

As I recall, the first method devised to circumvent HD DVD/Blu-Ray protection made use of screen caps. Hence, screen cap feature was removed after that.

That's most likely the reason they removed it after PowerDVD7.

[Alathald]

Have you tried a third-party app? I personally like Lightscreen (mainly because there is a portable version) but IDK how it'll work with PowerDVD. Worth a shot though.

Or even try something like VLC...depends on what you're playing I guess.

[Kougar]

Hey Apoptosis, any luck with this out of curiosity?

Seriously, that's some weird stuff that Cyberlink are doing. Such a simple feature from what I understand and they pulled it out...

They do it for the same reason you can't PrintScreen capture a regular DVD in most programs... DRM. The content industry doesn't want people reusing parts of or outright copying movies that way.

[Sapientun]

Seriously, that's some weird stuff that Cyberlink are doing. Such a simple feature from what I understand and they pulled it out...

They do it for the same reason you can't PrintScreen capture a regular DVD in most programs... DRM. The content industry doesn't want people reusing parts of or outright copying movies that way.

What about non-protected DVDs... like those you author yourself?

[Kougar]

What about non-protected DVDs... like those you author yourself?

I don't know for sure, but I would guess that it still wouldn't work? The media industry forced Microsoft to change how WMP handled DVD media with XP, originally you could use PrintScreen on it just fine.

[mustang166]

Looking for the screen capture feature also. Along with taking Screen Capture feature it out of their software, they also add something in their software, that disables the screen shot feature all together. I tried putting another image in front the image I was trying to capture, and it still would not work. I found that to be a little strange, so I minimized CyberLink and tried to screen capture again something else, and It does not work. Stopped my movie, exit the software. Screen capture features return. You know, that altered my computer functions, without my consent!

It makes you say, "Hmm"!

[vicaphit]

Try Fraps, in vista you can pretty much take a screenshot of anything with fraps. I was even able to record myself just browsing around on my desktop.

[Apoptosis]

Try Fraps, in vista you can pretty much take a screenshot of anything with fraps. I was even able to record myself just browsing around on my desktop.

doesn't work on videos like that as it's not 3D.

[vicaphit]

I get a fraps framerate icon in VLC player, and it allows me to record the video. That is wierd that it isn't working for PowerDVD