Been reading the forum's for about 4 months now & have picked up a lot of good tips. I have a bunch of vhs tapes not copywrited & a lot of them that are copywrited, store bought many yrs. ago. I have a sony camcorder & pass thru to the computer using arc soft showbiz 2 or nero to capture. Also have decrypter, shrink, divxtodvd & winavi. Some come out O.K. & some not to good. Of course some tapes aren't very good to start with. About 2 weeks ago, bought a sony gx315 dvd recorder & have good results with it. Here is the question. Going thru the camcorder & into the computer, I can break the copywrite on the vhs tapes,(always use avi) but doing the same thing into the sony recorder, using camcorder as a pass thru, I can not break the copy write. Keeps showing that can not record copy write material. Why can I do it on the computer & not on the recorder? Any one got any answers on this one? Thanks for any help.
There are often firmware hacks you can apply to the dvd recorder that will stop it looking for the protection. I personally interconnect with a scart for VHS to DVD recorder but it has a chip inside that stops the protection signal reaching its target. One thing I found overall is that using a stand alone dvd recorder to archive your old VHS and camcorder stuff is much easier & quicker than using a P.C. If you want to edit, stick your created dvd disc in the P.C.and use the software you have already.
Yes it is a lot faster using the dvd recorder, than the P.C. I use dvd+rw to copy to, cause sometimes our dish network loses the signal, especially if it is storming outside. And if the tapes aren't much good, as sometimes don't sit here & watch the whole thing going in, then don't have any coasters. I put them in the dvd player to look at them, before putting in the computer. If O.K. Then use decrypter & nero to burn. Two days ago bought a Sima GoDvd ct-200 to break the copy protect. Does a good job so far, but the brightness is a little to bright, but can live with it.
Hey all... It's not cheap but the canopus ADVC-100 has a hidden feature that will let you dump any copy protected VHS to your HD.... Neil
There are devices you can use on the analogue side, to remove the macrovision signal emitted from the copyrighted tapes you own. A few years ago these devices were standalone units usually needing a +12v power supply. You had RCA phono I/O, which then progressed to scart leads, hence the signal coming into the box is "cleaned" before it gets to the recording device. In Europe you can now buy scart leads with built-in removal circuitry. All decent video editing stores should be able to point you in the right direction. I always prefer backing up my old, protected tapes to a standalone DVD recorder rather than the PC as well..no hassle with the media or worrying about file sizes etc. I write to DVD+WR and then once it's been edited and/or burned to -R, I blank the +WR media in the video recorder ready for the next job.. Hope this helps. p.s. The best picture I have ever seen from a standalone recorder, was when using a friend's Pioneer machine. Awesome silver machine..however they can cost a packet (I sure had a lot of use out the thing before I gave it back, though!).
I'm using an HP external writer i3000 that has inputs for the VCR and an OPTEX video stabailizer. The stabilizer blocks the copywrite signal between the VCR and the capture device. I've done all my VHS tapes, over 200 this way with no problems.
Hi movies27 can you tell us which dvd recorder you have? I've also got over 200 vhs tape to copy/backup to dvd & don't want to deal with macrovision. thanx in advance
Hey guys just a new guy in the learning stage.SO can someone get help me get started on how to burn a copywrite VHS to a DVD? I have a panasonic machine that is the latest and greatest and it works great on vhs tapes that are not copywrited but will not burn the tapes that are.So what i have read is that there is a chip that detects the CR VHS tapes.So how do you get around this? thanks
google macrovision. I use dvdredpro. My dvd recorder sometimes wont record digital signal w/out protection but through stabilizer no problems. Redpro might be expensive I've heard there are cheaper. good luck
