Hi Ronni -- -- Thanks very much for your information. However, it seems strange if the video I wanted a frame from could be DRM protected -- it was just a natural history TV program I had burned onto a blank DVD for later viewing. Can DRM protection be inherent in a broadcast TV program? Still puzzled....
David On 30 August 2014 14:47, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi David, > > On 30 Aug 2014, at 2:23 pm, David Noel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I use the Command-Shift-4 sequence to select part of the Desktop for a > number of purposes -- the image is saved (by default to Desktop) as a > 'Screen shot ...date/time...png' file. It's a good way to quickly capture a > web-usable image from a web source or a graphics-handling app without > having to Save it from the app. > > > > However, when I recently tried this on a paused frame of a video clip, > the sequence just produces a grey-white chequerboard pattern of the same > size as the selection. Can anyone tell why this is, and maybe how to save a > video frame? > > You have used the correct method to capture a paused video frame > screenshot... as long as the video is NOT DRM protected. > > Just a grey/white checkered pattern indicates you may have encountered a > copyright / fair use issue with the protected content from which you want > to make a screen capture. The laws and standards for fair use vary by > country and the content owners and software implementers of course must try > to account for all that. > > If this turns out to be the issue and you have done the legal research to > prove what you want to do is allowed under the principle of fair use then > you may want to investigate using software with a different implementation > of the protection schemes that will allow you to make the screen capture. > > One piece of software which may work from a technical standpoint would be > the VLC Player. http://videolan.org/ > > Cheers, > Ronni > > > > > Cheers, David Noel > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - < > http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >
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