This seems pretty ridiculous. Do I have to rip an entire movie just to take a snapshot of a movie in PDVD?
There has to be an easier way.
You should be able to take snapshots as soon as AnyDVDHD is present and running! Just play the disc and try doing snapshots.
PowerDVD prevents screencaps being made from blu-ray disks (when played as a blu-ray movie).
pdvd won't play any hd dvd or bd without overlay mode of the graphics card to prevent digital copies. this is due to aacs licencing conditions. it could be that pdvd just forgets that this medium isn't protected anymore and categorically switches to overlay mode when playing such media. or it could be that aacs licencing conditions even apply for unprotected discs.Even with AnyDVDHD running? Anyways, thanks for the hint. Playing the file should do the trick. I thought I remember AnyDVDHD quasi 'reactivating' the screencap function, at least in an earlier PDVD version ...