[WEB4LIB] screenshot of video in RealPlayer and WMP

[Danny Kissane MLIS, M.ED]

This is weird but if you hit print screen and then edit-paste this into a 
word document, the whole real player goes into your word document.  It
keeps playing in the word document.  When you stop real player it is blank
like you say.



On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 cbsmall at radford.edu wrote:

> I have been struggling for weeks to get some screen shots of RealPlayer and 
> WindowsMedia Player playing a video. With some videos, I have no problem. But 
> other videos... failure again and again!  I have tried Snagit (v. 5.1 and v. 6) 
> and Paint Shop Pro, but the same problem keeps occurring.  When I attempt the 
> capture, I end up with a perfect image of the player, but the video viewing 
> screen is blank.  Sometimes there will be speckled color dots in the screen.  
> I've tried capturing as an object, as a window, and as a region.  I've tried 
> capturing while the video is playing or while it is paused or stopped.  I've 
> used the "DirectX" capture in Snagit 6 but that captures ONLY the video image, 
> not the player.  I have e-mailed with Snagit support half a dozen times but 
> nothing appears to work.  I'm ready to pull my hair out!
> 
> One video that has been problematic is about the P-38 plane, at
> http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/P38.html
> 
> If anyone knows of a new method to try, I would be SO appreciative.
> 
> Candice Benjes-Small
> cbsmall at radford.edu
> 
> 
> 
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Dan Kissane
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SUNY College at Oneonta
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