There's no surprise at seeing a black screen when using a screen capture other then one included with the player itself. WMP doesn't offer that feature unfortunately. One player that will run a wide variety of video file types as well as taking snap shots while watching a video file, dvd, vcd, etc. is Cyberlink's PowerDVD. The little image of a camera is seen on the face plate when the player is minimized to a window. A double click simply brings it back to full screen mode.