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link343 - Jul 15, 2004

		link343	Jul 15, 2004
		I want to take a still from a movie running in WMP, but every time it turns up black. How do I do it?

		it290	Jul 15, 2004
		The reason that happens is because your player is displaying the video using the video overlay. Either play the movie back using software output, or use video editing software to extract the frame.

		Alexvrb	Jul 15, 2004
		Such as Virtual Dub or its buddy, Virtual Dub Mod (better container support). Both are free.

		Nadius	Jul 17, 2004
		Didn't antime mention a simple way like having two instances of the video open, and using one, the one that wasn't using overlay, to take snaps of?

		MasterAkumaMatata	Jul 17, 2004
		Originally posted by Nadius@Jul 17, 2004 @ 05:49 AM Didn't antime mention a simple way like having two instances of the video open, and using one, the one that wasn't using overlay, to take snaps of? Affirmative....

		gameboy900	Jul 17, 2004
		You can also temporarily turn down the video acceleration in the options to the lowest settings. This removes overlay mode.

		Link Hylia	Jul 20, 2004
		Irfaniew can take screen captures of videos http://www.irfanview.com... (amazing what such a small program can do, isn't it?)