# How do I take screenshots in Windows Media Player 9.0? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 14, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-screenshots-in-windows-media-player-9-0/218910 "2003-12-14T06:22:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alietta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@Alietta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alietta)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-screenshots-in-windows-media-player-9-0/218910/1 "2003-12-14T06:22:18Z")
I want to take a screenshot of a frame of video in WMP 9.0. Printscreen does not work. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-screenshots-in-windows-media-player-9-0/218910/2 "2003-12-14T06:28:13Z")
Try this: Tools, Options, Performance, and turn Video acceleration to none. Then try printscreen again. ---
**Author:** ![Alietta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@Alietta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alietta)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-screenshots-in-windows-media-player-9-0/218910/3 "2003-12-14T06:39:14Z")
That washes out all the color. How do I preserve the color? ---
**Author:** ![Bob55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-screenshots-in-windows-media-player-9-0/218910/4 "2003-12-14T07:53:56Z")
You can try[Printkey](http://www.webmasterfree.com/software/1096.html), it’s a free screenshot program that works well. ---
**Author:** ![askol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@askol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/askol)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-screenshots-in-windows-media-player-9-0/218910/5 "2003-12-14T07:59:50Z")
One trick that used to work for me: Have the mouse cursor sloating over the resgion on the display that is playing the video, then take the screen capture. Don’t worry, the mouse pointer drops out when you print screen. However, this method has not been working for me recently, so maybe I imagined it all. ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-screenshots-in-windows-media-player-9-0/218910/6 "2003-12-14T08:31:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bob55 \* > \*\*You can try[Printkey](http://www.webmasterfree.com/software/1096.html), it’s a free screenshot program that works well. \*\* Ah, yes, but does it work with Media Player? The problem here is that MP uses directX to display the video and uses a more direct route to the video hardware, which is why the standard methods don’t work. ---
**Author:** ![Alietta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@Alietta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alietta)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-screenshots-in-windows-media-player-9-0/218910/7 "2003-12-14T20:26:30Z")
I need an answer please. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2003, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-take-screenshots-in-windows-media-player-9-0/218910/8 "2003-12-15T03:52:34Z")
I Googled “printscreen directx” and found: [http://www.supercapture.com/](http://www.supercapture.com/) It says it captures directX, and has a 45-day free trial. I’m sure there are more.