Capturing stills from a DVD has changed on a mac

Simply taking a screen shot while the disk is playing with the built-in DVD player will result in this:

From the Mac users forum:

Apple has been pulling on the Digital Rights Management (DRM) reigns really hard.

It's a definite no go for any DVD Screen capturing (anything) using iTunes or their DVD Player.

Best bet is to use VLC.

Using VLC to play a DVD:

 

1.Click on the VLC player icon in the dock to launch

2.Go to File> Choose Disk

3.When the DVD is recognised, click Open

You will then be able to play through the disk and take screen shots as usual, using:

Cmd+3 for a shot of the whole screen, or

Cmd+4 for a target mode screen shot

 screen capture using VLC player to play the DVD