[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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