Recording DVD from VHS, macrovision query

[mattstan]

Hi,

I'm thinking about getting a DVD recorder and wondered if I can use it to record all my original VHS (mostly PAL) movies to DVD but I'm worried about macrovision.

Would this work...

1) Copy VHS movie to DVD Recorder (via SCART connection) in real time ending up with the film on DVD.

2) Transfer the DVD movie files to PC hard disk. Use a software tool (DVD Decrypter?) to remove macrovision.

3) Burn (macrovision removed) movie to DVD.

Would that work?

Any other ways of doing it?

Thanks.

[guns1inger]

No. The MV will prevent you recording the video on the DVD. MV is an analogue signal, not a digital one. It is, in fact, a corruption or error introduced specifically to cause problems when copying. You need to put a TBC between the VHS player and the DVD recorder to strip out the corruption information and replace it with a clean, mv clear signal.

[mattstan]

No. The macrovision will prevent you recording the video on the DVD. Macrovision is na analogue signal, not a digital one. It is, in fact, a corruption or error introduced specifically to cause problems when copying. You need to put a TBC between the VHS player and the DVD recorder to strip out the corruption information and replace it with a clean, mv clear signal.

Thanks. What is a TBC?

[guns1inger]

Time Base Corrector. It strips the corrupt or damaged timing information from a video signal and replaces it with a clean one. A side effect of this process is that it removes MV as well.

[mattstan]

Time Base Corrector. It strips the corrupt or damaged timing information from a video signal and replaces it with a clean one. A side effect of this process is that it removes MV as well.

Many thanks. What a nice 'side effect'.
Cheers.

[Logicdesign]

The Video Filter allows you to make backup copies of your VHS tapes to DVD without loosing video quality.