Page 1 of This macro thing, can someone tell me........

I have some dvd`s I can watch thru a vcr on out tv AND can copy very well, but some dvd`s WONT copy clear even though I can watch them thru the vcr, the copies have squiggly horizontal lines. These DVD`s are region free but I had to reset the format to get colour on the TV. I have Hannibal 2 also and when I tried to copy this I got the picrure fading in and out.
Question, is macrovision on ALL the time or do certain discs "switch" its on, also is there more than one type of macro? my machine is an oritron 1030, it is set to "all regions" vis hack but discs are region free anyway.

Just a wild stab in the dark, but are the discs in NTSC or PAL format ? Almost 99% of VCRs can`t record an NTSC signal.

Can your player convert NTSC to PAL ?

the dvd can change i understand. the dvd plays the films fine, and i can copy other dvds (but not hannibal 2 so far), i can WATCH the films i wanna copy on my tv thru the vcr so i think the ntsc/pal settings are fine (maybe)....I had only B+W output till i changed some dvd settings, now ive full/good colour

look they is no macrovision hack for oritron 1030 i copy dvds through a decoder which fixes the disorted signals which was £30 pound if there is a computer fare next to where you live go there because thats the only place to buy them from its called Macro-Master.

Another solution is to download a macro program onto your computer from gamecopyworld and you can take away the macrovision off the discs you must have a dvd rom though.

seems now that the problem may be a conflict caused by the dvd`s being from the USA. they play fine thru a vcr, but my UK feature films wont (I think THATS macro), can a usa dvd generate the output of a dvd player in ntsc? cos it seems most uk vcr`s only record in pal. ive priced up a ntsc-pal converter but they will be too dear, maybe easier/cheaper to get a dual standard vcr. but then will the vhs tapes be in pal or ntsc? DOH! my head....

to get rid of your macrovision problem go to www.lektropacks.co.uk
and get one of their video copy enhancers ,i think it is called stlab.
this will solve all macro problems whether you are going from dvd to video or video to video,i use one and there is no macro problems at all.
and yes some discs activate the anti copying system inthe video and some dont, hope this solves your problem
fcmcd

This item was edited on Saturday, 23rd February 2002, 16:17

this won`t help firstly if you can watch the film ok without picture de-stabilisation the macro is of (this is assuming that it is connected to the vcr and record is pressed) but when you play back the video there are horizontal lines throughout the picture if this is the case then youre dvd player is only outputting pal 60 which is a european standard between ntsc & pal unfortunatly english vcr`s can not handle pal 60 they need pal 50 (the lines are the extra 10 frames encoded to pal 60 the vcr can`t recognise them so it outputs them the only way it can) and it`s these frames that are causing the problem many modern dvd player can convert to pal 50 especialy the chinese/japanese cloned/mass produced machines so try your dvd setting ie tv type pal NOT AUTO and see what happens if you have any trouble reply to this thread and tell me which model & make your dvd player is and i will try to sort you out one way or the other if you want you can email me 1nedgo.rehpotsirhc[at]ten.ocset (although i set my home page here i check my mail more regularly)

ok to get the macrovision off:
1 press menu
2 then press 2,4,6
the 1
them conect the dvd up to your video and if your dvd plays without jumping then your in luck.

press 2,4,6 then 1 them macro is off