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William Hogan
- Jan 1, 1970
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If I buy a DVD Recorder, can I just plug leads into it from a standard DVd
player, and copy a DVD ?
Is it that easy ?
player, and copy a DVD ?
Is it that easy ?
William Hogan said:If I buy a DVD Recorder, can I just plug leads into it from a standard DVd
player, and copy a DVD ?
**Yep.
Is it that easy ?
I'm actually able to play commercial VHS tapes into my Panasonic DVD
recorder. It's 100% factory clean - no region or firmware hacks or
anything like that. No problems with Foxtel either, I've seen some
complaints about people having difficulty recording from the movie
channels due to them broadcasting with Macrovision, but my DVD recorder
doesn't skip a beat.
Maybe it's just luck that the input circuitry happens to thwart
Macrovision? I purchased it from DSE.
Trevor Wilson said:**Yep.
UNLESS that DVD you're trying to copy is copy protected (which is 99.999% of
them). Then you're screwed. No DVD recorder will allow copying from a
copyright source. In fact, DVD recorders won't even allow copying from
certain VHS tapes. The only way you can circumvent it, is to copy them on a
computer.
Allan said:Use a Video stabiliser b/t the two, it will remove macrovision.
Trevor said:**It will, but the recorder will still not record to DVD in most cases.
Nicholas Sherlock said:Why?
Trevor said:**Copy protection, I presume.
Trevor Wilson said:**It will, but the recorder will still not record to DVD in most cases.
Allan said:What does it do when you try to record?
Does the machine say its copy protected, or is it attempting to record and
when you play it back its not watchable
Dave said:The only copy protection I'm aware of in the video signal, (which is
what you're trying to copy), is the Macrovision.
A stabiliser _might_ remove this - there are various versions of
Macrovision, the later ones are more resistant. I believe they're up to
version 4.
Trevor Wilson said:**I use a Macrovision remover. The problem is not with that.
**Perhaps that is the problem.