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Thread ID: 125269	2012-06-18 00:50:00	Recording protected VHS tape to DVD	Roscoe (6288)	PC World Chat

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1282292	2012-06-18 00:50:00	As videotape is on the way out I would like to record some tapes onto DVD. Apart from the space saving DVDs are much easier to use than tapes. Unfortunately, some of the tapes I want to put on DVD have copy protection and so will not allow the record to be activated. Is there a way of bypassing that protection? Your help will be appreciated. Thanks.	Roscoe (6288)
1282293	2012-06-18 01:21:00	Uhm, plays VHS, output to a DVD recording device, record...	inphinity (7274)
1282294	2012-06-18 01:33:00	Never had any problems feeding the VCR into PC via firewire. Sorry, I feed the VCR into my Sony Digicam then into PC. So the Sony converts the signal into digital.	Neil McC (178)
1282295	2012-06-18 01:39:00	Never had any problems feeding the VCR into PC via firewire. Sorry, I feed the VCR into my Sony Digicam then into PC. So the Sony converts the signal into digital. That's the way I do it as well. But if you don't have a D8 or mini DV camcorder maybe one of the analog to USB DVD capture devices out there may be OK..	paulw (1826)
1282296	2012-06-18 01:52:00	The likes of dick smith and jaycars used to sell video enhancers both it kit form and as finished units. I believe they took out macrovision protection from the signal as part of the enhancement but I've never tried one personally so I couldn't say for sure. Otherwise it might be a case of finding the right capture device, my old tv tuner card never seemed to have a problem with it but I converted all mine many years ago and I no longer have it. Strictly speaking any commercially available capture device should detect macrovision on it's input and prevent copying, that is after all the whole purpose of the scheme.	dugimodo (138)
1282297	2012-06-18 03:44:00	Uhm, plays VHS, output to a DVD recording device, record... ...and the recorder stops after one second with a copy protection error :angry This may work inbetween VCR & Recorder jaycar.co.nz I have an old Canopus ADVC-100 which can bypass most marcovision (doesn't bypass all flavours though).	Renegade (16270)
1282298	2012-06-18 09:20:00	Thanks, Renegade. I was asking on behalf of a friend so I have passed that on to him. He has quite a few tapes so I imagine it would be a good investment for him.	Roscoe (6288)
1282299	2012-06-18 09:40:00	Can't understand people copying commercial VHS tapes to DVD. The quality won't be that good. If the title is available on DVD why not buy it. The other thing you have got to ask yourself is if you will watch them after putting them onto DVD. I have a cupboard full of VHS recordings going back to the early 80s and thought about putting them onto DVD but decided not to as I probably wouldn't watch them, so really a waste of time in doing so. :)	Trev (427)
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