Screen grabs and my new Apple computer

[Christopher Matheson]

Today I bought a new Apple computer and discovered, once I got home, that I cannot make screen grabs from dvds. Well I can make grabs but all they show is a checkerboard pattern. Can I get around this serious problem before 20th November which is my final return date?

[CaptainWaggett]

Even with VLC?

VideoLAN - Official page for VLC media player, the Open Source video framework!

[Arthur Linden-Jones]

Today I bought a new Apple computer and discovered, once I got home, that I cannot make screen grabs from dvds. Well I can make grabs but all they show is a checkerboard pattern. Can I get around this serious problem before 20th November which is my final return date?

Would help if you told us how you were trying to do this? (Using software? If so, which menu item(s)? Or keyboard?)

[Nick Dando]

Download VLC and use that to make the screen shots. It has a clumsy interface, and don't forget to wait for the "Pause" message to disappear before taking the shot. Navigating to the exact spot isn't easy, either. Practice first!

Nick

[Christopher Matheson]

Many thanks to all concerned for VLC did the trick.

[Richard_in_wales]

Take it back, get a faster, better storage, better graphics PC running Windows 7 and buy a shed load of DVD's with the money you saved, simple.