AlmostHuman Posted November 25, 2006 CID Share Posted November 25, 2006 won't go into a long story... bought a combo DVD recorder/VHS player to convert my personal "store bought" VHS tapes to DVD. soooo many of them will no allow copying, not doing anything wrong, not like i'm setting up on the street corner selling bootlegs! there has to be some way around this without buying a $100.00 "filter"??? any ideas??? thanks, in advance for help... Almost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cholla Posted November 25, 2006 CID Share Posted November 25, 2006 AlmostHuman ;The problem is the Macrovision chip inside the unit.Unfortunatly there is not much you can do about it.But Google Macrovision to find some info on this. Some say this can be done with the right video card & another card like a video card called a video capture card.I think with this you go from the VHS to your HD then to your DVD from the HD.Then if the dvd format is the same on your PC as you DVD it should work.There is probably more to it like using Nero.I haven't tried to do this but I read some on it a whle back in case I did. I don't think there is any way to do it with your combo DVD recorder/VHS player .This would involve re-flashing the Macrovision chip.I have no idea how to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmostHuman Posted November 25, 2006 Author CID Share Posted November 25, 2006 thanks cholla will try some of that stuff and others things i came across... will post if i find an easy way peace out Almost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazy8 Posted November 25, 2006 CID Share Posted November 25, 2006 I've done VHS --> DVD before using they ol trusty VHS player (had to blow the dust off) and a ATI AIW 9600, Just captured the vid threw the cable input while I watched the vhs. Then I had it saved on HD an could do anything to it I wanted. hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted November 25, 2006 CID Share Posted November 25, 2006 Yeah not surprising that is the only way that I know of doing dubbing.. VHS -> Hard drive -> DVD.. You would think that by now companies would allow consumers to make personal backups of their property.. I guess not.. However, I will post this in new in a few minutes if it isnt already there.. If you remember the DMCA the whole DVD MP3 business that the companies are hiding behind because they cant rip everyone off $19.99.. Well the cell phone providers took a pretty big hit.. It will not be illegal, in 3 years, for cell phone providers to lock their phone onto their networks. So you could buy Cingular 'equipment' and take it with you and you number over to T-Mobile and use it. I personally think this is the best thing that I have ever hear! Every three years exeptions are argued.. and like always media backup is one of the hot topics. Also like always it is over turned. So I guess to be able to do what you are looking to do you are either A) going to have to wait. buy it on DVD C) use a computer as a middle man. Or D) buy the converter to do what you wanted to do in the beginning. If you are interested here is the article: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061124-8280.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted November 26, 2006 CID Share Posted November 26, 2006 Hope I did not miss reading the answer, but what is the converter called swimmer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted November 26, 2006 CID Share Posted November 26, 2006 I am not sure... the first post referenced a 'filter'.. that is what I was referencing as the converter.. yes confusing.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted November 27, 2006 CID Share Posted November 27, 2006 OK, I don't mind VHS. (Aactually I like them) But I also know someday it will be necessary to convert them over. So I was just wondering what I would look up under to find something to do this myself. As I have several good ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted November 27, 2006 CID Share Posted November 27, 2006 if it is a commercial VHS tape it will not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted November 27, 2006 CID Share Posted November 27, 2006 Crap, it figures. Someone gave me a link last night for one though. I will post later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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