Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Is This Macrovision Protection?
Posted by Jason Dunn in "THOUGHT" @ 04:30 PM
I have nearly 100 VHS movies, and I'd like to archive some of them to DVD for long-term use. When I read about George Lucas yet again fiddling with the original versions just about to be released onto DVD, I knew it was time for me to archive my original, non-special edition Star Wars box set onto DVD. I hooked up my VHS player to an ADS Pyro A/V Link, and using Pinnacle Studio 9, I recorded the whole tape to a DV-AVI. Everything worked perfectly - I didn't have a single dropped frame! :D The ADS Pyro A/V Link really shone - it was amazingly simple to set up and use (more on that later). I used Pinnacle Studio 9 to colour-correct the video and adjust the contrast a little, making for a very nice looking final image source...sort of.
The problem is that the resulting AVI file "flickers". I've created a 10 second clip that's 35 MB in size so you can see for yourself what I mean. This flickering happens with the original AVI file, prior to any corrections from Pinnacle Studio 9. The question is, is this flickering normal, or is it the Macrovision protection kicking in? I don't think the ADS Pyro A/V Link has the ability to bypass Macrovision copy protection, so I'm unsure if this is "normal". Anyone have any input?
The problem is that the resulting AVI file "flickers". I've created a 10 second clip that's 35 MB in size so you can see for yourself what I mean. This flickering happens with the original AVI file, prior to any corrections from Pinnacle Studio 9. The question is, is this flickering normal, or is it the Macrovision protection kicking in? I don't think the ADS Pyro A/V Link has the ability to bypass Macrovision copy protection, so I'm unsure if this is "normal". Anyone have any input?
