Dvd capturing??

[kjmacke]

If I have my dvd player hooked up to my caputure card can I capture it directly to my hardrive like when you caputrue from your cable t. v. ??

[jaw2957]

You can if you have macrovision disabled. Why don't you just rip it? You'll lose alot more quality capturing it, not mentioning the audio.

[Tommy]

The general answer is yes you can, BUT unless you have a way of dealing with macro vision it won't do you any good. It seems that many people here prefer to "rip" dvds instead of capturing. If you have a DVD drive you might want to consider it.

[kjmacke]

thanks for the advice, but how do I deal with the macrovision thing?? My caputure card is an ati. I know the ripping is best just wanted to see what this would look like.

[Allan55]

Look for a "Video Stabilizer". Some remove macrovision.

The ones I know about are only for composite video not S-Video.

They are readily available in Canada. I have an "Optex V0760" and a friend just bought another (name) brand with exactly the same model number; and guess what, it had exactly the same circuitboard inside. Cost: around $35 Canadian ($20 US?)

[unclebud]

Why not just try digitizing from a DVD and see if it works?
I use an old Hauppauge 404 card that will digitize from any source including copy protected DVD's.