I have a bunch of old VHS tapes that I want to back up and convert to digital. One of them I was trying it on is a commercial release VHS of Charlie Brown Flashbeagle (1984). I'm using a Panasonic AG-1980 to play the tapes and an ADVC-300 to convert to digital to capture using Sony Vegas. This stupid copy inhibit signal screws up the ADVC-300 preventing me from getting a clear picture. Audio is good, but picture is unwatchable. I tried two other means, hooking up the Panasonic VCR to a Sony Digital8 VCR, GV-D200 and Sony Handicam DCR-TRV80. Copy inhibit prevents me from recording to these other devices as well and actually stops the recording. THIS IS SO ANNOYING. It's all well and good that these companies want to protect their media. But how the hell am I supposed to back up these old VHS tapes? Most of these tapes that I have are out of print and not on DVD. I really don't want to have a third device for canceling out the copy inhibit or Macrovision signal that I have read about in several threads here. What is that, a signal booster or something? I'd much rather get a new VCR that has one built in. Do they make VHS/DVD recorder combos with the copy inhibit canceler? If so, it would have to have S-Video out because that is what I use to connect to my ADVC-300 capture device. Please help.
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Probably more than you want to know about Macrovision : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rovi_Corporation Scroll down to 'Analog copy protection' which specifically relates to analog tapes.
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I think you would need a full TBC (time base corrector). Do a search here for TBC and you will find a lot of posts about them and their use in cleaning up the signal on commercial tapes so that you can transfer them to dvd (or whatever format you prefer).
I don't have one so I can't be of much help but I know that there are many here who do. Check out Lord Smurf's site www.digitalfaq.com . He has some good info about TBC's about halfway down this page.
http://www.digitalfaq.com/guides/video/capture-playback-hardware.htmDonadagohvi (Cherokee for "Until we meet again") -
To overcome the problem of the macrovision copy protection on VHS tapes you'd need to buy a device that was made pre DCMA. In some cases a video enhancer filters out the white shades that create the protection.
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Sony MiniDV camcorders with Analog - Digital Pass Through will convert on the fly the tapes protected by Macrovision but will not record protected content on MiniDV tapes. So don`t try to backup the protected VHS tapes on to MiniDV tapes unless you put a device between vcr and camcorder that remove protection (Sima or simular boxes, or a external TBC).
With a similar camcoder (Sony TRV33E) I can do that: receive over firewire digitized signal from protected VHS tapes. So, with Sony DCR-TRV80 and DVIO as a capture software should do the task. -
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You'll have to add another device, preferably a full external TBC.
There is no other choice -- aside from NOT converting the video.
This is already covered in a sticky. https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/189455-How-to-address-anti-copy-%28Macrovision%29-errorsWant my help? Ask here! (not via PM!)
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You should check out this site. I picked up my VHS capture hardware based on this information:
http://www.digitalfaq.com/guides/video/index-record-capture.htm
The recommended JVC HR-S9800U SVHS player works great. Found two on craigslist for $65 each (real lucky). -
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hech54 has just been giving you his "can the noob take it" test. The more you respond the funnier it gets. He's a riot.
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If you Google the name of the copy protection, and ADVC110, you will learn something interesting.
If you Google the name of the copy protection, and ADVC300, you will learn that it probably won't work with the hardware you have.
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The 110 isn't any better than the 300 -- it's unreliable for "ignoring" the "protection" (errors).
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You will lose quality and the sound will likely be mono but if you hook up the antennae connection OUT to the antennae connection IN of another VCR then you will likely get a copy.
The quality will be bad though the ADVC 300 can handle some of it.
I just decided to get a nice macorvision remover box though. Much better, easier and convenient. -
According to LS, those cassettes should last for like 25 years, no need to back them up now to DVD, which may or may not last that long.
Play it on your tv then record it with a camcorder or your digital camera in video mode.
Yes, there are macro free VCRs. -
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There were quite a few VHS's that were never put on DVD as of yet. These are the ones I transfer to DVD. Latest one's I transferred were the colorized versions of "The Thing From Another World" and "The Big Sky" as well as a little known movie Kevin Costner produced called "Rapa Nui" about the Easter Islanders.
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