Mac "Grab" utility (screen shot) and DVD's

[rotuts]

hello

don' know if Apples "Grab" utility questions can be addressed here but thought Id try.

in a flash of mistaken brillance, I decided to take a screenshot of various DVD's of mine, some made my me from my own VCR tapes

then Id fiddle with them and makemyself a database of stuff I have.

but Grab as many of you know and I now discovered does not work with DVDplayer open. Apple is being cautious re copyrighted material I guess. thats fine.

Soooo, is there another app freeware/shareware/$$ware that can do this? a way aroung Apples disbleing Grab for DVD.

this is for my own private use etc

thanks rotut

[rotuts]

Wow!
to answer my own question, Ive heard from MacNN that VLC player works. v0.7.1a works in "selection", but "window" ends up with a black picture.

am downloading v0.8.1 and will report back later today. hope this is fine with this forum's rules.

it seems like a usefull think to know about for keeping track of things. Moderators please let me know if this is out of line with this forum.

thanks rotut

[Case]

DVD Capture 2.5 seems to be made for just that.

[terryj]

So was Capture Me, as discussed here:
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=897487

forum search is a wonderful thing.....

[arnisandyz]

hello
some made my me from my own VCR tapes

Soooo, is there another app freeware/shareware/$$ware that can do this? a way aroung Apples disbleing Grab for DVD.

this is for my own private use etc

thanks rotut

If your capturing from a VHS tape you have the dv file already...just open it in quicktime and export the frame as a pict

[sibelius]

I find that Yade is perfect for saving snaps.

[havema-1]

http://www.sjoki.uta.fi/~shmhav/SVCD_on_a_Macintosh.html#extract_frame

[john yaya]

I also use YADEX. You simply save>preview or command-s.

It does not unsqueeze anamorphic discs, but if you have photoshop you can set up an action to do it. It gives the best image quality I have found. Much better than a screen capture with VLC.

BTW, the YADEX interface is not exactly intuitive, and it only lets you capture stills in 0.5 second increments, but the image quality is why I use it