Cannot Capture DVD Video Image By Pressing PRINT SCREEN Key
ID: Q188088
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SYMPTOMS
If you attempt to capture a still image of a DVD movie by pressing the
PRINT SCREEN key and then pasting the image into a program, only a blue or
black box may be pasted into the program.
CAUSE
This behavior occurs for the following reasons:
- The DVD data stream is decoded by the DVD decoder card and then
redirected back to the video adapter. On computers that use an external
patch cable, the video stream is sent from the video adapter to the DVD
decoder card, and then directly to the monitor as an overlay. This is
done to improve the playback performance of DVD video by bypassing
slower portions of the subsystem. Because the DVD data stream does not
pass through the Windows API layer, the video output cannot be captured
and you only capture the playback area in which the movie is
displayed.
- This is a functionality of DVD security which is designed to make it
difficult to copy DVD movies illegally.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
Additional query words:
clipboard prtscn prtscrn prntscrn prntscr printscrn screen shot
Keywords : kbdisplay kbgraphic win98
Version : WINDOWS:98
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb