[mythtv-users] capturing VCR input (macrovision?)

[Ajay Sharma]

jonr wrote:
> Ajay Sharma wrote:
>> Have you tried to copy any macrovision-protected VHS tapes?  If so, 
>> does your capture card generate all these jacked up video files as if 
>> you were doing a VHS->VHS copy?
> 
> I don't think I have ever tried to copy one of those, is there something 
> on the VHS that would let me know if it had this type of protection? If 
> so, I could try it out and then see what happens.

Well, when I used to do VHS->VHS copies back in the day the resulting 
tape would have really bad lighting which would fade in and out.  That's 
usually the sign of macrovision.  I hear they are developing something 
similar for DVD's so that you can't copy them with software like DVDShrink.

Thanks for checking for me!

--Ajay