I just downloaded a demo of DVD Snap 2 for taking snapshots from DVDs. It does what I want to do – – individual snaps or timed, several formatting results – – but it’s a little awkward to use in some areas. Anybody have an app they really like? Thanks.
— John Russell
I just play the DVD is VLC or MPlayer and do a screenshot (cmd-shift-3) on a freeze frame. Dead easy. Play around with deinterlacing settings for better quality stills.
If you use VLC (videolan.org) to play your DVD then any screen capture program can take a snapshot of the video. Taking snapshots is also built in to the product, but i don't think it does the timed thing, or one after the other.
try mac the ripper at http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14414
vlc works ok too.
Snapz Pro X lets you record anything on the screen and you can size the capture area so you are only capture what is highlight/selected. Good for capturing portions of a dvd, but also good for when you have video that you can't seem to export using other more "traditional" methods.
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/
-Rebecka Anderson
http://www.rebeckaanderson.com