Macrovision disabling, exists freeware ?

[JN]

I am trying to find some freeware for disabling macrovision. I found a few utils (for example DVD region-free - it works, but it has limited functionality, it is shareware). Does exist some freeware to be able to disable Macrovison ? (Region switching is not important to me). Thanks.

[mats.hogberg]

What do you want to disable Macrovision in?
In case of a DVD player for your computer, it will almost certainly involve updating the firmware.
In case of a standalone, it can either be done using some "hack" (entered using the remote) or firmware update, or (in some cases) some kind of "mod chip" or any combination of above.

/Mats

[JN]

Above mentioned "DVD region-free" utility did not need any firmware change, I tried it with PowerDVD - and it worked fine !!! You can try it at www.dvdidle.com. There definitely exists some solution without involving DVD drive or videocard.

[Greg12]

you might try searching for that.

I think macrovision is done by the player not the drive unit.

So try searching for PowerDVD + "Macrovision free"

change "powerdvd" to whatever you use.

Graphics Cards:

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/articles/macrovision_graphics.html

Software based players:
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/articles/macrovision_software.html

Hardware based players:
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/articles/macrovision_hardware.html

[Greg12]

or try dvd genie (avalible here in tools)

[Prospero424]

Actually, I believe Macrovision (at least for Ati cards) is done in the drivers and can be diabled through a driver hack, which I found a while back for my Radeon 64 ViVO, but haven't looked for since. It worked fine for that card.

[thxkid]

I have aHardware MPEG2 card by Utobia - hollywood plus and I used a piece of software that diasbled macrovison. I use the same software on my wifes DXR-3 hardware card by creative labs.

[Prospero424]

Yeah,I believe I know which program you are talking about, you remember the name? I think what it does is replace the driver file responsigble for enacting Macrovision with a dummy file. Been a while though

[Fuel Crusher]

I just downloaded and tried DVDidle today and it works perfect. I can TV-out from my Vaio to my E-30 without having to rip the film first. V happy

[offline]

While macrovision itself resides on the video DAC processor board
of your computer video card or standalone video board, the macrovison flag
to activate it is on the DVD itself.