I copied a DVD disk and now want to print a label on it.

What program can I use to play the disk and extract a 'snap' of my
choice from the recording on the disk to use as a graphic label on
the disk?

Thanks

Geezer

geezer wrote:

I think your best bet is not to use a paper label, but to write with
indelible pen on the disk.

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I sometimes use the Capture frame feature of VideoReDo.

I sometimes use the Capture Frame feature of PowerDVD Xp
(Right click on the "camera image" for more options.)

I sometimes use another player's capture feature.

I sometimes use Aspect 2 on separate files.

I often find better graphics from the show/movie web site.

I use GIMP 2 to modify the material so that it will work
with my printer's software and make the kind of label I want.

Luck;
Ken

"When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said "Ken Maltby"
<kmaltby@sbcglobal.net>, "I always pay it extra."

Coo! I didn't know about that ... I'll probably use that in future :-)

I've used that.

The other player I've used is WinDVD.

I don't know that one.

I often use www.cdcovers.cc, images.google.com and www.imdb.com

I can often use the graphics directly with Epson Print CD [1].
Otherwise, I use Paint Shop Pro to modify them. It's probably not the
best graphics application around; in fact I have about half a dozen of
them including Photoshop and Corel, but I'm used to PSP and it's
(mostly) adequate.

[1] As was mentioned earlier, using sticky labels on DVDs is *not*
recommended.

--
Humbug

Let's hope that geezer is talking about printable DVDs not
paper labels.
/Ken

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 19:37:54 -0600, "Ken Maltby"
<kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:


He is, Ken.

Thanks

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:36:06 -0600, "Ken Maltby"
<kmaltby@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

I discovered that I have a CD that came with my drive that contains
Power DVD V5. I installed it, tried the 'capture' and it seems to
work fine for me.

Thanks

Geezer

On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:27:17 GMT, geezer <wee@willy.com> wrote:

Most of the PC DVD player softwares will have a snapshot option that
will let you take a screen capture of whatever's currently playing.
You'll just need to look through the instructions for yours to figure
out how.

That said, if the plan is to apply an adhesive label to the disc, I
really would recommend against it. While the labels work great on CDs
(well, maybe not great, but well enough), they tend to have a 60-75%
chance (depends on who's numbers you believe) of making a DVD
unreadable. The technical theories behind why this is vary, and you
can look them up for yourself, but basically, if you want the DVD to
be readable, do NOT stick anything to it. The read issue is MUCH more
profound on DVD-video discs, as the DVD-ROM data format tends to have
better error handling, but it's still a problem.

Alternatives:

-Inkjet printing with appropriate media and printer
-Thermal printing with appropriate printer
-Hand writing using markers.
-Lightscribe with appropriate burner and media
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Thanks.


MCheu

I use Accoustica to print my labels, it does a good job
As for 'snapshots', well, any good media player may do it.

Mickey


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