Can't capture Windows Media Player screen shot

External Since: May 20, 2004 Posts: 26

Why doesn't pressing the Print Screen button capture an image in Windows
media player? Is there another way to do this? All I get is a picture of
the player with a black (blank) screen.

External Since: Jun 25, 2007 Posts: 4

WMP plays through a Direct X buffer (or something) that cannot be captured.

However, only one program can use this "buffer" at a time: If you open a
second WMP window at the same time, Print Screen will work as normal with
that.

"M Skabialka" wrote:

> Why doesn't pressing the Print Screen button capture an image in Windows
> media player? Is there another way to do this? All I get is a picture of
> the player with a black (blank) screen.