Macrovision gone on Sony Camcorder pass-through?

[drewson99]

I backed up a couple of old VHS tapes which spcified on the case that they did in fact have Macrovision, but when I used pass-through to iMovie (on a Mac, of course) it didn't appear in my capture.

When using my AIW card the Marcovision always came through.

Anyone else seen this phenomenon? Maybe I will sell my Sima...

Andy

[spiderman2k1]

Keep your Sima you might need it down the road nothing last for ever. And you will be kicking your self if you sell it.

[drewson99]

have you noticed this though?

[spiderman2k1]

Sorry I do not have your set up I do use a Sima copy master to defeat macrovision. I just feel it's alway good to have some else to do it you never know when you might have other problem's. If you get a DVD recorder you really should keep it.

[gab2001uk]

AIW cards are made to detect Macrovision, as are DVD Recorders. The Use of Sony and some other cameras, connected via Firewire is a known method of overcoming this problem.

I use a Vidac VMagic (PAL) hardware MPEG2 encoder which totally ignores Macrovision and produces a perfect DVD compliant file from Macrovision sources in real time.

I also have a Pinnacle analogue capture card, but this needs a device similar to the Sima to get a reasonable picture. As advised, best to keep the Sima, as you never know when it might be needed