is there a way to capture from a DVD without having macrovision..

[djackson75]

I was just wondering if there was a program available that will allow you to use your PC's capture card to record things that have macrovision protection without the distortion lines coming through. Just curious.

[jman98]

I have read about software modifications to ATI's software that can allow you to do this, but I am not an ATI fan at all and I don't keep up at all with their stuff, so I can't tell you what models this software supposedly worked on or where to find it. A carefully constructed websearch should help.

I have never tried this and I don't own one, but supposedly a Time Based Corrector (TBC) inserted between the video output and the recording device will remove Macrovision.

[greymalkin]

The rf modulators handle this problem, but for the same price you can buy a dvd burner, rip the movies to the hard drive and have a much better end product.

If you capture you will not only lose the video quality but you will be stuck with .mp2 audio or .wav audio unless you re-encode. On top of that, a capture of a dvd would take the duration of the movie, where a rip would take you about 10-15 min.

[djackson75]

The rf modulators handle this problem, but for the same price you can buy a dvd burner, rip the movies to the hard drive and have a much better end product.

If you capture you will not only lose the video quality but you will be stuck with .mp2 audio or .wav audio unless you re-encode. On top of that, a capture of a dvd would take the duration of the movie, where a rip would take you about 10-15 min.

I have ripped plenty a movie. I have a really old system so it takes a couple of hours... This was more of a side project kind of thing.

So really, a regular RF modulator will get rid of macrovision??

[edDV]

So really, a regular RF modulator will get rid of macrovision??

Maybe but it will be lower quality than a TV tuner capture.

[djackson75]

I'm not really too worried about picture quality, just more about getting rid of the Macrovision.

[FulciLives]

Not all computer based capture cards recognize macorvision ... some ignore it.

The Hauppauge WinTV PVR line is that way ... it will record anything.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[Nelson37]

ATI card's Macrovision detection can be defeated with software hacks on the pre-9000 series, and/or a Sima Copy Master or similar device. This is NOT a TBC, but provides the Macrovision removal.

If you have the capability to rip the disk, time-consuming or not, I cannot imagine accepting the quality loss from a capture of a DVD. Having done both, the difference is huge. Only time I resorted to this and kept the result was an ungodly complicated disk which I could not rip in its desired sequence. It had a huge number of files and a randomized playback structure..