strange_complex | Techy help needed, please!

I can take screen-caps using the DVD player on my computer, but in order to do so, I have to disable something called 'hardware motion compensation'. This means that whenever I think "Ooh, must get a screen-cap of that!", the thought is almost always followed by "Ah, but I'd have to do that disabling thingy, wouldn't I? Gah, maybe I don't really need that screen-cap after all."

What I'd like to know, therefore, is how important hardware motion compensation actually is, and whether I could get away with just leaving it off all the time? Can anyone advise?

BTW, my computer is a desktop, and I never move it around anywhere. If that even has anything to do with hardware motion compensation...

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This might be useful (http://dvdvideo.co.nz/dvd_terms.htm). It seems that hardware motion compensation gives you smoother playback - which is generally desirable, but if you're looking manually to capture a particular frame, it's more difficult because the picture would have moved on by the time you see the required image. So turning it off makes sense for screencaps, but might be a Bad Thing for general playback. You'd have to try it and see whether you notice much difference.