Transfering VHS to DVD

[BrennanMom]

Am I correct in the fact that Congress passed a law that it is legal for you to make a backup copy from your PERSONAL LIBRARY DVDs. I have a DVD recorder with a harddrive. It has a copyright protection on it. My question is.....is there anyway to make a backup copy of a copyrighted VHS? I don't want to sell this I just want to be able to have it for longer than a VCR is going to be around. If there is anyone who knows how to do this please respond. Thanks!

[jasoncole]

if your dvd recorder has copy protection or (macrovision level 2 ) as it is more commonly known you will need either a

1.digital time base corrector that corrects most problems with the picture and also strips the macrovision from the signal

2.a macrovision remover like dvd copy pro (for use with dvd recorders) or one of simas products that is compatible with your recorder

other than that you could change the capacitor values of the macrovision circuit inside your deck but i would not recommend this :D :crazy:

good luck:wave:

[BrennanMom]

Thank you for your reply. Where can I get what you are talking about. Is there some way to do it through my computer? Better than that is there anyone out there that would do this for me that has the capabilities?

[Agent 13]

BrennanMom,

You need a video stabilizer. Here's an ebay auction for one: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=294&item=5720351235&rd=1

It takes a nine volt battery which lasts for six months.

[dlemond]

What type of DVD recorders prevent you from copying VHS tapes?

And are these only tapes that have a copyguard on them?

I can't imagine that an old VHS tape without any guard on it would not be able to be transferred to DVD.

[BrennanMom]

I have a Panasonic DVD RECORDER WITH HARDDRIVE. It stops you from recording copyrighted VHS tapes. I can say that about 75% of my copyrighted VHS have been able to be transfered but some not. What I have is some of my personal library TaeBo Live VHS that I want put onto DVD for my personal use. These have not and have no plans of being released onto DVD or I would purchase them on DVD. I find it very upsetting that I have about 10-12 of these VHS tapes that I may not be able to use in the near future. The VHS cost close to 30.00 a piece. I would be willing to pay someone to do this for me if they could.

[wise3]

I have a Sanyo recorder (and had a Panasonic previously) with copyguard circuitry. I also have several hundred tapes I wanted to back-up on dvd. I could not copy any of my store-bought tapes using the usual RCA lines. I bought a stabilizer off ebay; it gave me a choice of green people, dark green people, or a fuzzy black and white picture. I asked the guy I bought the first recorder from for advice, and he told me that using coax cable input instead of RCA line input defeats the copyright circuitry on some models. It works fine for me for both recorders.

[jasoncole]

a video stabilizer and a time base corrector are basically the same thing except that a time base corrector is a true digital device and should defeat ALL current forms of macrovision most cheap stabilizers only do copyguard protection which is also called (level 1) macrovision
make sure whichever you buy is compatible with a dvd RECORDER
i don't think simas copymaster or go!dvd are.i know that the dvd red copy pro does work with most recorders it is a true digital device and works very well here is the informative website

www.dimax.com.ua

email me if you have any more questions because i own a time base corrector and can tell you the pros and cons of owning such a device

:wave:

[jasoncole]

Originally posted by dlemond
What type of DVD recorders prevent you from copying VHS tapes?

i think nearly all current recorders have a macrovision circuit in them


And are these only tapes that have a copyguard on them?

yes if you are making backups of tapes that have shows taped off tv you should not have a problem its only with most commercial tapes

I can't imagine that an old VHS tape without any guard on it would not be able to be transferred to DVD.

theres no reason why it shouldn't!:wave:

[nannyfan]

between your vcr and dvd recorder and it will solve your copy protection problems. Agent 13 has posted a link for one on Ebay or you can do a Google search for video stabilizer. That's how I found mine. I purchased it from a Yahoo merchant and paid about $30-35.00 for the stabilizer/shipping. It's a very easy connection and it works great!

I have transferred more than 200 videos over the past few months - all are retail videos and 99.9% of them have copy protection on them. The videos range in age from when videos were first released for home viewing to a couple of years old. Even the very oldest videos had copy protection on them.

I did the same thing with my exercise videos - I transferred them to dvd because some of them are my all time favorites and have never been released to dvd. I also like that I've been able to cut out the beginning part of advertisement;o)

Nannyfan:wave:

[BrennanMom]

I still need some help. I went to an electronic store and they record DVDs. They have a video stabilizer and they said they had tried several different things but they could not record this VHS onto DVD. When I hung up with them they were going to try the COAX input instead of the RCA input.

Please help me! I want this VHS onto DVD. If they sold it on DVD I would buy it but they don't and have no plans of releasing it!

[Agent 13]

If you seriously want someone to do it for you, send me your have listing, and I'll see if I can do it. We can work on it like a trade.

Jen

[BrennanMom]

I don't have tapes to trade but I do need someone to transfer them for me if possible. I have Tae Bo Live Advanced 1-12 on VHS. I also have Tape Bo Advance Get Ripped 1 & 2. Whoever transfered them would have access to them. Please help me! I can't believe that an electronic store who transfers DVD (even copyrighted one) can't even do this.

[jasoncole]

this is a tough one !

its not your recorder otherwise the shop would have suceeded in their attempt .it can't be the vcr because nearly all cheap stabilizers do (level 1) copy protection,and the one that the shop was using would have easily counted that

can you tell me wether there is anything unusual with the (sound,picture) does it track badly or do anything strange when it plays.if not it might pay to hand them to jen and see what sort of results you get :wave:

[TVJedi]

Another way to do this would be to get an old ATI Radeon 64DDR video card for your PC and get the driver patch that disables Macrovision on the video input. I had to use this before to circumvent the Macrovision poodoo.

[ClassicComedyFan2]

As someone who is currently interested in a DVD recorder, will I experience problems if I try to copy from a blank VHS that I recorded from TV to DVD.

(Or Bought Blank VHS -> Recorded on VHS From TV -> DVD?)

Thanks in advance.

[TVJedi]

You should not have a macrovision problem. Macrovision is only used on commercial VHS tapes you would buy in the store like on movies. Blank VHS tapes used to record shows off the TV don't have Macrovision. so it should be no problem to record them to your DVD recorder.

[jasoncole]

as tv jedi said there is no macrovision on blank tapes the reason for this is that macrovision is trigged by a code put on the tape film by the manufacturer the macrovision circuit in your player senses this code and activates macrovision which sends out extra intermitent pulses in the picture signal :wave: