DVD to VHS

[iluvJLO]

How do you disable the macrovision on a dvd rom? I try recording dvd's onto VHS, but the picture is all distorted. any way around this?

[Greg12]

Hack the Firmware, use a macrovision box, use TV Tools.


Pick one of the three.

[iluvJLO]

Ok, I don't know how to hack the firmware or use TV tools. I'm using a Toshiba SD-C2402 dvd rom. What can I do?

[neoalphaflight]

I use smart ripper to decode the movie to my hard drive and i use the disable microvision button. this gets it out of the way.

[Romper]

What app are you using to play?

How are you outputting to TV?

[iluvJLO]

I'm using PowerDVD. where do i get smart ripper?

[iluvJLO]

I just got smart ripper. What am I supposed to do now? IT's got all kinds of stuff, its confusing me. Just want to record DVD to VHS. Can you give me some step by steps? Thanks

[iluvJLO]

forgot to ask. How long does the process take?

[chinky]

iluvJLO,

If you go to the following link (http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdtovcd.htm), Sefy shows and explains exactly how and what you need to accomplish the task.
Good Luck

[iluvJLO]

somebody said the max you can rip is 4gb on win98. is this true? it wont rip the whole movie then

[Romper]

All this is assuming you have a video card with TV out and made the appropriate connections to a VCR.

Enable the TV out part of your card so that you display is on the TV, open PowerDVD, cue your VCR to record, play the DVD in full screen, and start recording. If Macrovision causes a problem get DVD Genie.

[Weeji]

If you have a standalone DVD player, all you gotta do is input the dvd player into your capture card, and output your video card video out to the vcr, thats what I do, works fine.

[iluvJLO]

Yeah i got TV out. I connected my tv out to the input of the VCR. poppped in the dvd and played it fullscreen with powerDVD. doesn't work!

[Schmuck Optiks]

Hello there
What I do, sometimes when a movie it too long like 2 and half hours or more, I would disable the macrovision on my DVD player (Raite Avphile 715) and connect directly to a VCR (I have an older JVC HS-51) which does not detect those macrovision changes and presto play the dvd and press record on your VCR. It worked well and there was no distortion in the picture nor the sound.

[chinky]

If your still having problems with macrovision, get the Sima SCC* digital color corrector and copyguard eliminator.Eliminates both level 1 pulsing and level 2 color stripe copy protection form DVDs. Plus you can adjust the: tint, color, sharpness, brightness, contrast, blue, green and red. SVHS & Composit video in and out w/ bypass ($99.00US)or the CopyMaster ($49.95US).

Good Luck!

[Game_Freak]

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On 2001-08-06 04:40:15, chinky wrote:
If your still having problems with macrovision, get the Sima SCC* digital color corrector and copyguard eliminator.Eliminates both level 1 pulsing and level 2 color stripe copy protection form DVDs. Plus you can adjust the: tint, color, sharpness, brightness, contrast, blue, green and red. SVHS & Composit video in and out w/ bypass ($99.00US)or the CopyMaster ($49.95US).

Good Luck!
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Where to get those?

[chinky]

Game_Freak,

Sorry for the slow response, had to go to work. Anyway, I purchased mine at this link (http://www.videoguys.com/sima.htm). You definitely have to hook everything up per direction. I purchased the SIMA SCC and it actually worked when I made a backup copy of ANTS. Also, try typing in SIMA under search. It should direct you to other stores hopefully close to your location. Good Luck!

[omoses]

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On 2001-08-03 04:14:24, iluvJLO wrote:
somebody said the max you can rip is 4gb on win98. is this true? it wont rip the whole movie then
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That's true, but it doesn't apply to DVD-Video. Most DVDs (I do not know a single other one) have the movie (*.vob - files) splittet in 1GB-Files. Sp if the movie is 8GB in size, you have 8 files with 1GB. No problem here.

[Erwin]

You can now get the SIMA video CopyMaster at Circuit City (believe it or not) for only $39.99. I was shocked when I saw it there.