> -----Original Message----- > From: PCI PowerMacs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of Bill Neill > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 6:33 PM > To: PCI PowerMacs > Subject: dvd copy protection > > > Do you DVD players ever have copy protection bothering your picture? > > I have an APEX DVD player hooked to a VCR on AUX 1 and then the VCR > output is to the TV. > > ONLY on some DVDs do I get a fade in and out of brightness and 3 sync > pulses at the top of the picture - is this copy protection at work??? > > Do you get this on a Computer DVD player? > > Bill. > This sounds like the 'MacroVision' copy protection, it is used to prevent people making back up copies to VCR, try going straight from the DVD to the TV and see if that works, as it is probably the automatic level control circuitry in the VCR that is having problems with the MacroVision signals. (it works by screwing with the sync pulse, as most VCR's use that as a black reference for the level control) You can get 'MacroVision' stripper boxes that go onto the DVD output, they re-build the sync pulse. If you can the best arrangement is to plug the VCR into the DVD then on to the TV. Ben.
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