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Re: Friday, July 27, 2002
"I just don't know why a screen shot routine that works on every program *other* than DVD Player would present technical challenges to that particular program" You appear to be using a Mac, so I Know Nothing (I've used a Mac for about 2 hours, ever) However, on a Windows PC, the explanation would go like this: Most simple screenshot routines grab what the regular Windows graphics APIs draw. Which is great for grabbing a screenie of most windows apps. However, those APIs, while they're perfectly good for drawing windows, are too slow for throwing 3d graphics around, or rendering realtime video. So some programs, including media players and most games, use a different set of APIs. Therefore, on Windows, taking a screenshot of a regular window is easy. Taking a screenshot of (for instance) Quake III, or that Jay & Silent Bob Trailer I downloaded last year, is somewhat harder.
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