A humble request

[slipjig3]

Since Apple (in their infinite heinie-kissing wisdom) do not allow screen grabs while the DVD player is running, none of the 4,927 third-party solutions I've tried even remotely work, and the shot doesn't seem to exist online, I was wondering if it would be possible for someone with a copy of Hamlet 2 lying around to do me a favor. Could someone send me a screen capture of the very first shot of "Act III: The Creative Process," the one with Steve Coogan staring terrified at the computer screen? ("Oh, my God...writing is so hard....") I need it for the icon I've been wanting since the moment I saw the scene in question in the theatre.

Thank you in advance!

Comments

[yendi]

Dude. VLC combined with Apple's own screenshot tools. Works perfectly.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Nope, tried it. Software refused to load.

[ckd]

Handbrake to an M4V, and screen grab from that?

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Won't run on 10.2. And to head off the next question, no, I can't upgrade beyond 10.2, and yes, I've been trying.

[yendi]

Hunh. I'm guessing because of the 10.2 issue? Foo.

If I had the movie, of course, I'd run the screen cap.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Yup, pretty much; they have an older version, but it's apparently a buggy one. Luckily, someone pulled it from the trailer for me—geez, if I'd known it was in that....

[rubian77.livejournal.com]

Lemme see what I can do.

[slipjig.livejournal.com]

Thanks for your offer, but someone has come through. Squee!

[rubian77.livejournal.com]

Good!

(Oh, well, I'm still downloading it anyway because it sounds funny.)

:P