Hi. Regarding Dr. Butler's helpful comments: "DVD drives in computers themselves are configured so that one cannot save images from them (something to do with a video overlay?)--although there may be software to get around this limitation." Fortunately, one can turn the video accelerator off within one's DVD software to enable those all important screen grabs. The video accelerator does something along the lines of sending the info around or right past the video card and directly to the display (some computer expert might want to correct any misinformation in this sentence). In any case, it works in run-of-the-mill software that comes with a DVD-ROM. You just have to hunt around within the software's "setup" or "preferences" menus to find that switch. Then you can waste as much time as you want grabbing good-looking stills. My home-made Wizard of Oz screensaver slideshow has brought spiritual peace. best, NK -- Neal King Belmont University Sociology Nashville TN 37212 615 460 6231 http://www.belmont.edu/Pages/FS/King.Neal/nkt.html ---- To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]