Copy protection?

[JustSomeGuy]

I am trying to transfer a vhs video casset to a dvd
I have a canopus twinpact 100, a MAC G5 and a VCR.

The VCR is connected to the canopus by rca jacks and the canopus is connected to the MAC by firewire.

I am using iMovie on the MAC to capture the video.

I have done this in the past. However this tape I just tried to digitize seems to be causing me problems. I suspect some sort of protection on this vhs casset (Macro media??) I don't know.
What happens is that the first few seconds of the begging of digitization are clear then the image gets very dark and stays that way.

So what do I need to do? Is this a common issue?

[gshelley61]

That is macrovision or some other type of copy protection. You will need something like a Sima "Copy This" box or TBC to go around this.

[Phantom Of The Opera]

Depending on how much you are willing to spend, you may want to look at this:

Zorilla Video Filter

[nelson133]

What do you mean by a canopus twin pack 100? Acanopus avdc 100 will remove macrovision "noise" if you hold down the input selector button for 20+ seconds before starting movie. you only have to do this once unless you shut off the canopus box. Nyah Levi

[JustSomeGuy]

What do you mean by a canopus twin pack 100?

http://www.canopus.us/US/products/TwinPact100/pm_TwinPact100.asp

Thanks for the tip.. I'm hoping it will work on the twinpact100.