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

[jonr]

Ajay Sharma wrote:
> 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

Ahhh, I was wondering if that was macrovision. I had run into that also 
when I was trying to paste together a bunch of different clips from VHS 
videos to make a video presentation for a class, colossal waste of time.

The recording I got from the VHS tape was just as good as if I were 
watching it off of the VHS itself. I would expect to see the video 
fading in and out with poor lighting but I get none of that. So it looks 
like the macrovision is not an issue when recording this way.

I will pay closer attention from now on and let you know if I ever 
notice anything different but from all the VHS tapes I have copied to my 
HD, I have never had that problem.

YMMV,

Jon