Hi I am trying to take screenshots from a film which is playing in iTunes but when I do, what was on the film is replaced with a checkerboard of white and grey squares like this
does anyone know how to stop this
I tried taking screenshot of whole screen, window, selection etc but all does same thing
thanks if someone can help
Hey I've been trying to do the same and I came across this and found it's helpful:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1152307
I've been capturing screenshots for my website (it's film screenshot quiz website, check it here http://www.screenshotquiz.com - you can win cash and prizes there 🙂 ) and found out that iTunes movies are not easy to capture the shot from.
It's always better to use VLC player, try opening iTunes media files in VLC and take screenshots from there.
That checkerboard image is the result of FairPlay, iTunes' DRM copyright protection & anti-piracy system.
In iTunes, if you try to take a screenshot or record the screen, you'll end up with a "censored" screen:
As you can see, I took a screenshot of Tron, a movie I bought just recently (that I love). This gray screen here is your checkerboard. This same thing will appear with screen recording, although you might get a message referring to High-Bandwidth Digital Copyright Protection (HDCP).
Currently, I have not figured out a way around this, but if you want to play your movies and TV shows from iTunes to a separate VGA/HDMI display, you're going to have to play them in SD quality, which is 480p. From there, you may be able to screenshot your video.
If you experiment around in iTunes and you find a working method to record/capture footage, a lot of people will love it.
Sorry it's been so long, but I have to admit that when I saw that "expansion arrow" on the top right corner, I just saw all the nostalgia of my 2011 days
Screenshot from iTunes film
