Recording DVDs to VCR

[Cornholio_1968]

i really wanted to back - up my DVD collection to my VCR ... how do I do this? I have tried but the picture keeps on fading...i thinks it's the macro protection...is there anyway around it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[P. B. Walker]

Why would you want to?

Your DVDs will outlast your VHS tapes hands down. Not to mention the fact that you'll always get better picture and sound quality from the DVDs.

- PBW

 

[Guest]

Yeah VHS heads wear down

DVDs stay nice

 

[P. B. Walker]

and on top of that... DVDs are easier to store and travel with (less bulky).


seems to me you don't want to "back them up" but rather copy them and distribute them to your friends... lol

good luck.

- PBW

 

[kiwiwolf]

The only way you can do it is by getting a really old VCR... I'm talking about 10 years plus. For some reason it works. I dont know the ins and outs of it, but a friend of mine did it with a few of my DVDs. The results weren't too bad.

 

[HARDKOREBJ]

why would you want to.if you get caught you will be in some serious trouble.

 

[Cornholio_1968]

Hmmm

I just want to keep a copy of my favorite DVD's for personal viewing.

Imagine renting something you really like then having a copy of your own.

 

[AmenRa]

Doesn't work too well

DVD's are encoded in an entirely different format than VHS. The horizontal lines of resolution are much greater in the DVD than VHS, and therefore does not copy very well.

I have found that most DVD are heavily encrypted with a sort of Macrovision type coding, making them almost impossible to duplicate. However, there is rumored to be a software out there that will allow you to burn a DVD on your CD/R. I suggest you check out the Net for it.

I was able to make a VHS copy of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon for a friend, who only had the Chinese language version of the film. Its a bit grainy, but not terribly bad. I connected the VCR to the television, and copied the picture directly from the TV, rather than directly from the DVD source.

 

[bdsmbill]

Someone posted "Imagine renting something you really like then having a copy of your own."

Well, I imagined it, and I don't like it. I suggest that if you want a copy of your own, you buy it. Copying it is just wrong. There is no justification for it. None. Stealing is stealing. Besides, if it matters to you, you can go to jail for pirating software. (Yes, movies are software.) If you steal (copy) $500 worth of movies/games/etc. in any 6 month period, you have committed a Federal Felony and you can be sentenced to 5 years. Worse, judges aren't laughing it off. They are throwing the book at offenders.

Sorry about the rant, but this is a pet peeve of authors. We make our living selling our intellectual property, and we get upset when people post message asking how they can rip us off.

Bill

 

[mjnelson]

There is a VCR/DVD combo unit that will do it. This works because of a loophole in the copy-protection scheme. The law requires the video signal of a DVD to be encoded with macrovision before it exits the player to an external source. Because the signal in a combo unit never leaves the player, its not required to have macrovision encoded on it.

The bottom line: Videotapes recorded on VCR/DVD combo units usually work without any degradation in picture.