VHS CONVERSION PROBLEMS USING vs8

tonyjer · Post by **tonyjer** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 10:44 am

Good day/night?

Please see message below posted to DVD Shrink forum. The reponses I got indicated that it was a Macrovision problem and that there could be various software and hardware workarounds. It was also explained that the Macrovision is being activated by something so I assume that it must be VS8 as I am capturing to VS8? It an unuisual problem as you can tell so I don't want to invest in anything to expensive.

Thought some other VS8/9/10 users might have come across this and been able to tweak something in VS8.

(Couldn't be my Canon DV could it?)

Many thanks

ORGINAL MESSAGE POSTED TO SHRINK FORUM

Hi everyone

Know this forum is about DVD copying but I have had my very first (after about 5 years) bad experience trying to copy a VHS tape.

I don't have a DVD recorder so I link VHS player to my Canon DV (as a go thru) and then capture the video using firewire to Ulead VS8. I then play around with the footage and use Shrink to encode and burn the DVD. Never, ever had a problem with pre recorded VHS tapes even though they may have some basic protection. (this VHS tape was made in 1996).

Followed the usual routine and was about to capture the video when I got "copyright protection, dubbing restricted" message appearing on the Canon DV and this stopped the transfer. Repeated afew time without success.

DVD copying is not a problem generally with Decryptor and PGC Edit if that fails. Is there any way that this or other protection cracking software can be appiled to VHS-DVD copying?

(Could I try and copy to another VHS and then start with that?)

Feel a bit desperate. Any help would be much appreciated.

Cheers

Antonio, Anna y Eduardo Felipe

Post by **Ron P.** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:19 am

I guess the simple question would be, Is the tape a commercial tape that is copy protected? If so then the copy protection is doing it's job quite well, and there's nothing then anyone here can do to help circumvent that..

heinz-oz · Post by **heinz-oz** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:36 am

We do not condone the circumvention of legitimate copy protection. You will have to look for help elsewhere.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:28 pm

If someone posted here how to circumvent a copy protection system - as a moderator I would be obliged to remove it. To save myself work at a later date I shall simply lock the post.