Hello all,

I'm trying to capture a scene from a DVD to use for a presentation for some friends. I have a Powerpoint slide show ready but this clip will be the 'icing on the cake' as it were.

I've tried various freeware and shareware/payware tools but I just can't seem to get it to work. I had a few thoughts on how to do this, maybe you guys can offer more suggestions?

- Copy the entire DVD to my hard drive and then somehow convert to AVI so I can use Adobe Premiere or another program to capture the clip.

- Use a screen recording program to capture the WinDVD/PowerDVD screen to record it (tried this once but just got a black player window in the recording.

Any help/suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Dan

one easy fast way i know about is to use DVDShrink. Simply use Re-author mode drag the title which contains the scene you want, right-click Set Start/End Frames and then Backup (export vob file).

DigeratiPrime,

Thanks for the suggestion... I'll try it out!

Regards,
Dan

You can use AutoGK to convert to AVI after.

Or you can use media player classic - set it up to render it totally in software and you can simply take a printscreen of it.
Screenshot I highlighted
See it in action here

Or you can use VideoLAN to either take a screenshot and/or a piece of the video.

i for one use vm ware.
install a xp on it play the dvd in the guest xp, pause it and go to the vmware menu to take a screenshot
its that simple

damian666

DVDx, superb dvd capturing software!

Captures it to formats like AVI, good for powerpoint.
I use it a lot for presentations as well.

http://www.free-codecs.com/DVDx_download.htm

I hope you don't recommend things to newcomers because for them that is not simple. A very strange method.

Hi all,

Thank you for all of your ideas! DVD Shrink did a great job of cutting out the scene... now to find a DVD to AVI or WMV tool!

Happy Holidays!

Cheers,
Dan

AutoGordianKnot (free)