Photo Images from my DVD movies???

I need HELP!!! I want to take my home DVD movies and capture still images off of them to use as photos so I can print them for my scrapbooks. Is this possible with the existing software on my G5 or do I need to purchase something more?....or is this even possible?
Thanks for any help.

I tried pausing the movie and then using capture, but capture won't work with the DVD player running. My movies are actually on the small VHS tapes and I am converting them to DVD. I figured the quality wouldn't be the best, but I would sure like to try it and see.
G5   Mac OS X (10.4)  

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