Capture of the DirectX/Direct3D output

Basic concepts

Capture of DVD and Media Player screens or DirectX/Direct3D games is a complex task because DirectX provides a direct access to the hardware and doesn't use a standard display system. Direct drawing is much faster than standard one and is commonly used by the games and video applications. Also DVD and media players often create overlays that draw "over the screen" and can't be captured by common screen capture programs.
For this reason DirectX output has a reputation of "hard-to-capture".

Mr. Captor solves these problems and provides a transparent solution for the end user. To capture DirectX surfaces you need to turn on the DirectX Mode option that is turned off by default.

Now Mr. Captor uses two methods: Hooking and Locking.

Use Hooking method to capture still images from DVD/Media Player or games.
Use Locking method to capture video.

Step-by-step instructions

1. Run Mr. Captor.
2. Make sure the DirectX method is selected.
3. Run the DirectX application (DVD/Media Player/Game etc.).
4. Use commands/hotkeys <Capture Screen>/<Capture Frame> for method 1.
   Use a common screen capture procedure for method 2.

That's all.

Note: You need to run Mr. Captor before you run DVD/Media Player/Game.

Common problems and their solution