[mythtv-users] capturing VCR input (macrovision?)
jonr
jonr at destar.net
Fri Mar 18 00:02:47 UTC 2005
Ajay Sharma wrote:
> Jon Reynolds wrote:
>
>>> How do you do that? I want to do that too!
>>
>>
>> Ok, take the line carrying your cable/satellite hook-up and do it like
>> so:
>>
>> Take the line from your provider and connect that to the 'input' of your
>> cable/satellite box. From the 'output' of your cable/satellite box go
>> to the
>> input of your vcr. From the 'output' of your vcr connect to the
>> 'input' of your
>> capture card. Then turn on the vcr change the channel to 3 or 4 on
>> Myth and you
>> should see your vcr tape playing inside of "Watch LiveTV". Record
>> that. :)
>> You might need to hit the 'TV/VCR' button on the vcr.
>
>
> Have you tried to copy any macrovision-protected VHS tapes? If so, does
> your capture card generate all these jacked up video files as if you
> were doing a VHS->VHS copy?
>
> My friend has been asking me to test this out for months and I haven't
> gotten around to capuring video from a VCR with my PVR-250.
>
> --Ajay
I don't think I have ever tried to copy one of those, is there something
on the VHS that would let me know if it had this type of protection? If
so, I could try it out and then see what happens.
Jon
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