macrovision

[john baxter]

ok guys can you help?

i recently bought a dvdr recorder philips 880, its great,now i want to back up dvds on it but the copy protection keep coming up i knew this would happen but thought id try it anyway.i have a playstation2 with the region free disk also a phillips dvd player, my question is how do i get rid of the macrovision without chipping either the dvdr ,dvd or ps2 is there some sort of stabiliser that works ,and if there is will it work on the philps machines .i live in the uk

cheers guys (and gals)

[barry]

Microvision is a additional pulses that is added to the signal to confuse the recording device that the signal is rising and falling .It works on the agc system of the recoreder. Some dvds have a hidden menu that when you are playing them the dvd player will remove the ofending signal this is often called VCR friendly. Another way is to buy or make a macrovisio remover and pass the signal (anologe) through the remover befor recording it.
I think that somwhere on the net sombody has produced a software solution for this but I do not know were this can be obtained
Barry

[daveml]

goto w*w.vcdhelp.com and look at the hacks.

[Fly100]

http://w*w.lektropacks.co.uk
might help u
pm is u need more info

[newby]

To turn the macrovision off the PC dvd playback, try tvtool, it might even be handy for what u are trying to accomplish . But to backup films u can rip the vobs to the hd & prepare a dvd read layout, there are quite a few tutorials around the net on how to do this sort of thing.

[daveml]

smartripper removes macrovision.
If u enable it! lol!

[Coaster]

John Baxter,

There are two types of improvements for a DVD Player. One concerns VCR Friendly (Macrovision) and the other one is Region Free.

Suggest visiting the following sites.

h##p://www.nerd-out.com/darrenk/

h##p://www.area450.com/

Regards,
Coaster

[daveml]

@coaster.
Not much use for philips dvds.
But for other people
Thanx

[john baxter]

thanks all you guys out there for the info,been looking at a lot of things out there and have some ideas of what to do ,going to try the maplin solution , thats a video stabiliser ,getting it on trial ,he,he,he buying it and getting a 14 day money back guarantee failing that there is something called a sonal mac master that is available on the internet ,you can get it here

Hi the macro master is £29.99 and the ps2 adaptor is £4.99 both include P&P
Credit card 01642 801811
or by post to:
Sonel
4 kestrel avenue
middlesbrough
cleveland
TS3 8EH
let yous' know how it goes anyway

will buy a dvd recorder in the new year for my pc and try ripping the dvds with ifo edit etc