I had previously written a post on grabbing Mobile Screenshot using a Symbian software. This time I came up with a tweak using which one can take screenshot of the video being played in the Windows Media Player (versions 9 and above). Usually with the default settings of the Windows Media Player, one can’t take screenshot of the videos using the PrintScreen button and neither is there any option in the Windows Media Player like capture or something like that which is available in other multimedia applications (e.g. PowerDVD, WinDVD). This was one of the complaints that I and most other users had with the Media Player in the past. But with a simple change in your Media Player option, you are able to take screenshot of the video being played over the Media Player using the PrintScreen button.
- Open Windows Media Player
- Go to Tools => Options => Performance => Advanced
- Deselect the “Use overlays” option and click OK
This much change and now you can start grabbing the screenshot of your favorite scenes being played over Windows Media Player using the PrintScreen button and pasting it in the Paint Brush. Hope you like the trick. Do comment if you have some more like these.
