Is there anyway to bypass macrovision on ATI TV Wonder?

[simonko]

I have a ATI TV Wonder VE caputure card.

When I hook up my set-top DVD player through my ATI card to watch movies on my computer I get odd lines in the video. refer to

http://forum.vcdhelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=80555

The thing is, I think it is related to a new type of macrovision being encoded directly into the video signal... or else the card picks it up somehow? I've noticed this on movies such as Shrek, Ranma 1/2: Yuku's Secret Sauce, Planet of the Apes, The One:Jet Li. I've tried my Sima Video Copy Master, with no luck.. its still there those odd lines. But my Sima works when I copy DVD to VHS.

Is there anyway to fix this? hack... maybe? The other only way I could think of is to record them to tape then watch them through the card... but that would be kinda pointless having it on DVD.

Help, Comments?

Thanks.

[Nelson37]

First, do not capture the DVD, use a ripping software. Second, the ATI Macrovision removal tool available from Stinky DEFINITELY works on XP pro, I believe this must be on an NT core OS. (NT, XP, 2000)

[simonko]

I found out it is called "ColorStripping" it is Level 2 Macrovision. It is being implemented in all the newer DVDs, along with level 1 macrovision "light/dark".

I don't want to rip the VOB files from the DVD cause it talks to damn long , first you rip it, then you edit the header, then you convert it to VCD.

What i really wanted to do is just watch it on my computer (video in), not copy the dvd (video out). There is a way around it I found, it is to buy the "SIMA SCC" it handles level 2 macrovison, but its about $110

I just thought there was a simple software hack, but thanks anyways.