How to Copy a VHS Tape to a DVD with Macrovision Removal
Most of the commercial DVD disks and VHS tapes have some type of copy protection on them. DVD recorders and video-capture cards detect the copy protections and prevent the tape or disk from being duplicated. However, you can find products that will remove the copy protection and allow for DVD copying.
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Instructions
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Plug in the video transfer cable. Push the three colored video transfer cable to the corresponding output connectors on the VHS player and the input connectors on the copy-protection removal device.
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Connect the output from the copy protection removal device to the DVD recorder by pushing the three colored plugs into their corresponding connectors on the back of the DVD device.
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Insert the VHS movie into the VHS player.
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Blank DVDs aid in recording. Insert a blank recordable DVD into the DVD recorder.
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Turn on the copy-protection removal device.
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Start the VHS player and the DVD recorder.
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Allow the entire VHS movie to play before stopping the DVD recorder.
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Tips & Warnings
A DVD and VHS "combo" unit will not work for this purpose. The DVD recorder and the VHS player need to be separate.
Using a device for unauthorized duplication of copyrighted material from DVD, VHS or other media is prohibited under federal copyright laws unless the copy qualifies as a fair use under the Copyright Laws.
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