Archos AV700 and 'Copy protected Video files'

[florent_g]

Hello,
A friend of mine has spent some hours to copy differents part of Dvd's into a single file on My Archos. I can read it on the Archos but I cannot read it on a PC : I get the message 'Copy protected files' (macrovision protection I think, added by my archos AV700). Do you have any idea to remove this protection from the AVI files ?

Regards.
Florent

[guns1inger]

can you open the files in g-spot or media info ?

[Baldrick]

What program says "copy protected files"? When you try copy them?

[florent_g]

guns1inger, yes I can open the file, with Gspot nothing special, it just tells me it it an avi V1.0 files.
Baldrick, I get this message when I open the files with a windows Player.
After hour & hours of research, I understood that the Archos have seen a protection on the DVDs, so when I recorded it on the Archos it had a protection called 'Macrovision'. So I can read it on the Archos system but not on an other system (windows player, etc). So The idea is to remove this protection from the avi file !

Thanks !

[jman98]

Don't record with your Archos.

Rip the DVD to your PC with something like DVDFab HD Decrypter (free version). It will remove all protection including Macrovision. Then convert your ripped movie to AVI with something like AutoGK. Transfer the AVI to your Archos. Problem solved.

[florent_g]

Thanks, but I know that would have been the good solution, the problem is that the record is done and has taken some hours to my friend : So the question is how to remove the macrovision security from the avi files !

[SLK001]

How does an AVI file even have Macrovision protection? On a DVD, it is just a "flag" in the MPEG header.

[guns1inger]

Macrovision is an analogue copy protection that the Archos produces when you hook it up to a TV. Windows Media Player is not affected by Macrovision, so your problem lies elsewhere.

[rety7]

Hi, I have the Archos 605 and i have the same problems . any solution please.

[guns1inger]

Post a g-spot screenshot of one of these videos

[florent_g]

Here is GSpot info :



Here is a link to download an exemple of video with problem :

http://pagesperso-orange.fr/florent.gal/test.AVI

By the way, thanks to everybody for your help !


Florent

[jman98]

Maybe you guys need to look for an Archos forum NOT run by the company and ask there. I don't think any of us have ever seen a Macrovision protected AVI file before (I didn't think such was possible) so we are at a loss to help you with this. The DVD tools we use to remove Macrovision won't work on your AVI file.

(I edited my post to add the following, which I found out after posting the above)
I did a quick web search on the topic on Google and while others have the issue, nobody has a solution other than to play the output of the Archos player through a TBC and record that video output.