Techy help needed, please!

[strange_complex]

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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[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

So do I understand that hardware motion compensation is something that's relevant only to playing DVDs, and won't affect any other aspect of the performance of my computer?

If so, I may well just turn it off permanently, as I have a separate DVD player now, so will mainly just be using the one on my computer for capturing images, and perhaps occasionally running software.

Thanks for the help!