Screen Capture in Windows Media Player...

[SuiCidAl-KiSmEt]

How do you take a screen capture in Windows Media Player, while watching a movie? If you press the 'PrtSc' key on the keyboard and past it in Mspaint, it only shows this wierd black box.

[WeekendLazyness]

Since windows media video is accelerated by hardware, there is no way to capture the final output using the Print Screen key. A program like FRAPS will allow you to, though (and it's free!).

http://www.fraps.com/

[LinkTheGameFreak]

you can screen capture in windows media player but you have to go to tools > options > performance > advanced > and deselect "use overlays" in the "acceleration" box and "DVD video" box (if you are screen capturing from a DVD)