Hi David,
How did you originally download the TV show and then burn to DVD? Without seeing the actual TV show footage I can't answer if it has DRM protection. If you can send me a link to the show I could test to see if it is possible to grab screenshots. Normally if you want DRM-free copies of your favorite TV episodes, you can record them yourself using a TV recorder in your computer. Most TV tuners will record over-the-air TV just fine. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > On 30 Aug 2014, at 3:50 pm, David Noel <lis...@aoi.com.au> wrote: > > 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 <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> Hi David, >> >> On 30 Aug 2014, at 2:23 pm, David Noel <lis...@aoi.com.au> 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
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