macrovision

[ElectricAden]

Before i go out and spend 500 dollars, i wanted to ask some things here. I have a dvd burner in my computer but i think i want to buy a standalone one too. Before i buy it, can someone help me with this ? I want to be able to back up my DVDs but i know that it is protected. I dont know what i will need to do to get it so that i can pop in a dvd and copy the movie. Will this work if i buy a macrovsion free dvd player that breaks the macrovision and then output the audio and video into the dvd recorder or is there more work involved. I appreciate the help. ALso does anyone know which stand alone i should but that is not going to be more than 500 bux ? Thanks

[johnny quest]

OK, First of all, if you have a DVD burner, you don't have to worry about Macrovision. All you need to do is rip the DVD with DVD2SVCD or any other programs on this site. After you do this, you will end up with a good mpeg2 file ready for burning with your DVD writer. It's not hard to do, hell I did it and I'm no expert believe me. Forget buying a stand-alone dvd burner, its just a waste of money for you.

[HideOut]

Na, I disagree. I think Electric should get a stand alone...So long as he sends me the in PC model since he wont need it any more...

HideOut

[tonyp12]

No, disabling the macrovison will not be enough.

There is a second digital copy protection called CGMS/A
That will just make the DVD-recorder refuse to record.

Very few DVD players can be firmware upgraded to get rid of
this digital copy protection.

Copy Guard Management System: a method of preventing copies or controlling the number of sequential copies allowed. CGMS/A is added to an analogue signal (such as line 21 of NTSC). CGMS/D is added to a digital signal, such as IEEE 1394.

[wulf109]

The Sima SCC works by re-generating the interval bar between the video frames. It creates a complete new interval bar,wouldn't that remove any form of copy protection? I don't own a standalone DVD recorder so I can't test it,but I thought the only place any copy prevention could be placed is in the interval bar.