Copy protected videos

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  1. Red

    Red Rag Active Member

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    Didn't know they existed until I started my VHS/DVD transfer programme. Bugger!</p>

    Is there any (preferably easy) way to get round this?</p>
     
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    Are you talking about Macrovision protection

    where the picture flashes dark and light when you try to copy it? I have a box somewhere that corrects that.
     
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    Don't think so

    I'm playing the tapes through a DVD recorder, either directly to DVD or onto the hard drive of the playerto write to DVD later.</p>

    As soon as I set up and ask it to copy, the film stops after a couple of frames and a box saying &quot;Copy protected DVD = unable to copy&quot; flashes onto the screen, before it all stops.</p>
     
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    RE: Don't think so

    I've been having the same problem with some VHS tapes I've been trying to archive to DVD. Worst culprits are the Disney ones. Only Fools & Horses did the same on just half a dozen of the episodes, but I managed to record the awkward ones off UK Gold. There is a device you can buy that sits scarted between the VCR and DVD Recorder (about £40) which removes it, but if you have a DVD/HDD/VHS Combi I don't think it works.
     
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    That's the device I think I've got

    Not that I've used it much. A bit redundant really.
     
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    So, in short

    I'm gonna have to buy the DVDs again.</p>

    Barstewards!</p>

    I've paid for it once, I object to paying again.</p>
     
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