Mac OS X Tip: How to Capture a Screenshot of a DVD Movie
December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Assumptions:
You have already inserted the DVD media into the DVD-RW drive.
Method 1:
1. Download and install VLC media player for Mac OS X (Universal Binary or Platform Specific Package) from <http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html>
2. Open Finder then navigate to /Applications
3. Open VLC.app then click on File > Open Disc…
4. Select DVD then click on OK
5. Navigate to the screen (frame) of interest and resize the window as necessary then click on Video > Snapshot
Method 2:
1. Open Finder then navigate to /Applications
2. Open DVD Player.app then click on Play
3. Navigate to the screen (frame) of interest and resize the window as necessary
4. Open Finder then navigate to /Applications/Utilities
5. Open Terminal.app then type…
- “cd ~/Desktop” [without quotation marks]
- “screencapture movie_01.png” [without quotation marks]
Note:
In Method 2 step 5, if you need to take additional screenshots then simply increment the numeric value after movie_. For example,
- screencapture movie_02.png
- screencapture movie_03.png
Of course, there are several other methods out there.
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