? I seek program so i can capture vhs with macrovision to HD

[leffe]

Hello
An friend of mine bougt an VHS tape from amazon.com and it was in NTSC and he got an PAL video (so he can´t watch it) he wanted me to capture it for him to svcd so he could se it on his DVDplayer instead.

BUT I can´t capure it its alots of disortions i think it is Macrovision.
And the movie youst costs 10$ so I think its a waste of money to buy an Macrovision box that fix it for ~100$ for youst this movie.

So my question is:
Does it exist any Program/plugin that ignore the Macrovision.

I have
Pinnacle Pctv Pro (witch remote,radio & sterio sound)
VCR with both rca & s-video cables etc...

I´ve read that ATI had an fixed DLL file or something that fixed that problem but does it exist something for mine Pinnacle Card?

[bald_rick]

I can't speak for software, but I will post a warning....

Most hardware solutions (black boxes) are synced for US framerates (30 FPS), so while it'll eliminate macrovision, on a European tape (25 FPS), it will leave an "artifact" about 1/4 the way up from the bottom in the form of a grey bar.

The Black box that works the best is only $20-30, and is good to have just because it tends to reduce signal loss on playback. For me, it's worth that alone.

May I ask how you are playing it back to convert it? do you have a PAL VCR? I have been doing NTSC <==> PAL for over 12 years, so I may be able to help guide you to what you need outside of software (the hardware is just catching up to where I'm just building my HTPC).

[leffe]

Ok tnx for answers.
I have a vcr (Sharp vc-s2000gm) it is an PAL vcr but can also playback NTSC tapes but only record into PAL tapes.

[e47153]

bald_rick...how do i convert PAL video cassette to NTSC dvd/vcd/svcd?? Do i need a PAL VCR or can i play it in a NTSC VCR and try to burn it to svcd/vcd format?? I guess the first question would be...what do i need to hook up between the VCR to my computer in order to record??

Thanks...

[loveturtleozark]

You would need a PAL vcr to do that