want to put my dvd-r to vhs . how????

[rsuave5]

i have a family dvd-r of home video id like to put to vhs for my less tech- advanced family members.

itried hooking dvd player to vcr, and tried passing through tv and home stereo to defeat macro.

please help me!

[Ripper2860]

If this is a home video on a DVD-R, the problem can't be Macrovision. Macrovision is only on copy protected content (VHS, DVD, etc.) It must be licensed in order to be used and a certain process perfomed on the video in order to incorporate it. The DVD burner does not "copy protect" your videos or introduce Macrovision. It merely passes along any copy ptrotection scheme included as part of the video.

If this is truly a DVD-R of "Home Movies" where home movies is defined as movies shot on a camcorder or other consumer camera, then the problem is not Macrovision.

It's got to be something else. Please describe what you are getting that leads you to believe it is Macrovision.

[rsuave5]

sorry i thought people would understand but i was vague

i have a dvd-r i want to get onto vhs. it is a home movie and not macrod of course. but i cannot hook my dvd player to my vcr and record due to what i assume is a protection, whether it is macro or other wise.

i have tried to pass through other devices to defeat it with no success.

so any suggestions?

[Ripper2860]

Can you describe what you get when you try to record your DVD onto VHS? It's hard to help if one can't get a sense as to how the problem manifests itself. Is it distorted? Is there no picture? Is it only displaying in B&W?

Also how are you connecting the DVD player to your VCR - coax, composite , S-video, etc.

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BTW -- I just looked this up and it was quite informative so I thought I'd post up for anyone that might be interested. Macrovision Proterction is inserted by the DVD player, but the authored content musy have a BIT set to instruct Macrovision to be ennabled. Here it is from the Macrovision site.

Video Copy Protection for DVD/VHS: Macrovision’s technology is activated when a rights owner instructs the authoring facility to set Macrovision copy protection control bits during the authoring process. These activation bits remain a part of the program through the mastering and replication stages. The activation bits then instruct an integrated circuit within the playback device to add Macrovision copy protection to the outgoing analog video. The copy protection is transparent when content is viewed, but prevents or substantially degrades copies made on recording devices.

[LeoNapier]

From what ya say on yr profile all yr video devices are sony...
There shouldnt be any probs connecting yr DVD player to yr VCR via scart socket and copying the DVD-r material...

Waz yr home-movie DVD produced/authored by yrself?
Plz provide some more details...

[waheed]

i have a dvd-r i want to get onto vhs. it is a home movie and not macrod of course. but i cannot hook my dvd player to my vcr and record due to what i assume is a protection, whether it is macro or other wise.

If it is a home video, there is NO PROTECTION OF ANY TYPE on the dvd whatsoever. copy protection only exists on commercial dvds, and licensed to big movie studios to implement of their releases.

the problem lies somewhere else. maybe it is the way u have connected your dvd player/vcr to your tv. please provide info on how your equipment is connected. are you able to play the dvd fine on your dvd player with the vcr connected.

[Hardcoreruss]

If you can view the picture through your video but the finished recording is black and white it may mean that your dvd-r is ntsc and your vhs is pal

[rsuave5]

sorry i didnt reply quickly i was out of town.

i have a sony dvd player that i connect to my sony vcr. i have a home made dvd-r of video i self authored. i hook the dvd player up via a/v composite plugs. i get just a static on the vhs tape.

i thought there was a protection of some sort that disallowed me to connect my dvd player straight to my vcr.

ive tried to pass through my stereo receiver and through my tv all to no avail.

[gll99]

As others have said the DVD should copy to tape with no problem without CSS encryption. Even if CSS was present you would get something showing up anyway on the tape.
Sorry to state the obvious but if your cables are connected ok and you're not getting anything but snow static on your tape then make sure that the vcr input selector is set to a/v and not to the default tuner.
Another error when the a/v connectors are on the back of the vcr is to plug the wires to the output instead of the input jacks by mistake. When the a/v is on the front of the unit it's not an issue. It sounds stupid but without my glasses I can't read the black on black writing identifying the jacks and I've been guilty of doing this once or twice.

Can you go DVD>VCR>TV with this disc? If not, and you have you backed up any other DVD discs then try one of those. You should see a signal of some sort.

[rsuave5]

gll 99 had it right! i did not have the input selector correct. i had it set to record a channel and it was supposed to record line 2. sorry to be so dumb and thanx for the help!