How To Capture Screenshots From Windows Media Player

October 7th, 2006 • Filed Under

Whatever you may think about Microsoft, they do make some good software. One of their best is Windows Media Player which is free and is installed on all Windows PCs. Capturing screenshots from your favorite videos can be difficult, but here’s a quick way to do it:

  1. Open Window Media Player
  2. Then go to ‘Tools | Options’
  3. In Options, select the Performance Tab
  4. Click the Advanced Button
  5. Untick ‘Use Overlays’
  6. Click ‘Ok’

Once you’ve finished these steps all you have to do to capture a screenshot is to pause your video, and press the ‘Print Screen’ key on your keyboard. Then go to your favorite image program and paste the image or press ‘Ctrl’ and ‘V’ together.

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One Response to “How To Capture Screenshots From Windows Media Player”

  1. Dakar Lama says:
    November 11, 2008 at 10:26 am

    It doesn’t work on WMP 11 :-(

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