For playing a video or for editing a video? Please provide a little more information. .
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Hi,

For watching a video and then advancing frame by frame to find the shot you want to capture. So I guess I am not really editing. But rather capturing for still use.

Thanks,
Pam

I think this is available only when you are playing a DVD and not available if you are playing a file on your computer.

Power DVD (12) has a capture facility. This is from the help file.

Capturing Images

1. During playback, click the button in the More Functions window or press C on your keyboard to capture a frame of the current video content.

2. To be more precise, you may pause the scene, play it in slow motion, or step frame, and then capture the exact desired frame of video.

Does that help?

Of course if you decide to do video editing, then you can do the same in Power Director. A slightly different procedure though.

Let us know if you want more information. .
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Hi, thanks for your responses. If I understand correctly, you are saying that PowerDVD 12 does have the step forward and step back frame to frame feature. I will have to pause the video, then use step forward or step back. Then when I have found the frame capture it. I want to make sure before the purchase since many other players don't have this feature.

Thanks so much for you help.

I put a DVD into the program and started to play it. I paused it and selected the control to capture the video (1). Step 2 is to capture what is on the screen. 3. Is jog forward or backward. You can then capture again- as many times as you want. See image.

If you want to capture an image from a video file on your computer, you would have to use a video editor. .
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Ty, I appreciate your help. It sounds like the type of player I am looking for.

Hi everyone.
Please also note that DVD12 will not let you capture a frame of a Blu-ray movie.

You will have to run SlySoft's AnyDVD HD for this to work.

To be sure, run the trial, Cyberlink may have changed something, but the last time I tried it would not let me capture Blu-ray frame.