HOWTO defeat Apple's anti-DVD-screenshot DRM
http://highschoolblows.blogspot.com/2005/11/take-screenshot-of-dvd-player-in
-os-x.html
Apple disables the OS X screenshot capability while a DVD is playing (this
is a giant pain in the ass if you've got a little DVD playing in the corner
of the screen while blogging and you have to quit the player when you want
to take a screenshot of your browser). There's a work-around, though, for
those times when you want to make a (generally speaking, perfectly lawful)
screenshot of your DVD player:
1) Put your DVD in your computer and open DVD Player (Applications ->
DVD Player) if it does not open automatically. Go to Video -> Maximum Size,
or hit Command-3. Fast forward to the frame you want to capture, or select
the scene to start at.
2) Open the Terminal (Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal). Type this,
or copy / paste it right in the Terminal:
screencapture -i ~/Desktop/dvd.jpg
Your mouse should turn into crosshairs. Now hit the space bar. Your
mouse should now be a camera. Click the window the DVD is playing in. A file
called "dvd.jpg" will appear on your desktop.
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