Framegrabs from MP

Is there any way you can get framegrabs from Media Player and paste onto an application such as Word? I've tried 'Print Screen' but whenever I paste the picture is always black.

that's because, by default media player doesn't use the windows api to draw on the window canvas; it access the video card directly via direct x.

you need to do the following:

start windows media player

tools (menu option) -> options (menu option) -> performance (tab)

look for the groupbox titled 'video accerelation' and drag the slider to 'none'

Don't forget to put the settings back to how they were, once you've finished!

I also think that Full Screen zoom is not possible when the acceleration is none.

it worked! thanks very much.