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matt2000
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_ 		24. November 2005 @ 09:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Hi,
I just recently bought a dvd recorder, with the option of dubbing from Vhs to DVD-r. It has the VHS tape play and Dvd burner both in one unit. The only thing I can't get is that it says I can't record my Copyrighted vhs tapes to DVD-R when I try dubbing them. I was told a long time ago that if you put a piece of tape over the copyright tab on a VHS tape that you could record them that way... or is that just record over them? I am not sure what to do. I even tried hooking a seperate vcr to play the tape on and record from the recorder. Could anyone help me figure this out with out having to mess with a computer to record them?/ Thanks a lot in advanced, any help would be Awesome.
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Scogga
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_ 		24. November 2005 @ 09:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yea your dvd recorder has thing called macrovision it is a protection that prevents people from vhs to dvd. To over right this you would need to buy a dvd stabilzer. just google it.

scogga
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Cobrajet
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_ 		24. November 2005 @ 18:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Lots harder to do when you have an all-in-one unit. Always best to have a separate DVD Recorder and VHS player.

Raymond
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matt2000
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_ 		18. December 2005 @ 07:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks guys for your help. I appreciate it:)
Matt
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Natalie5
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_ 		12. January 2006 @ 13:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I've been having the same problem. I'm not "ripping", I'm converting to DVD all the VHS movie classics I've taped over the years. I have a new Magnavox DVD/VHS combo dubber and it's so ultra-sensitive that just tape over the tab won't work. I've had to put spackling in the hole, then put a plastic tab (that I snapped off a new VHS tape) into the spackling, THEN cover the whole thing with electrical tape. Even then, it sometimes doesn't work that well -- lots of tracking problems or "jerky" movements;screen blacks out now and then for a second or two. I'm off to Lowe's now to buy fiberglass spackling, hoping that will work. I'd give anything to know how to dub VHS tapes that have that tab torn off! Anybody???
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peanuts2
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_ 		13. January 2006 @ 07:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I just play the vhs to the computer using a tv capture card for comercial vhs then burn to dvd.
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Is it crap or is it memorex?
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Natalie5
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_ 		13. January 2006 @ 08:19 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I've just been through all that: copying the VHS onto another recorder only succeeded in erasing the tape altogether. Taping over the hole where the tab used to be will work when you want to tape over the VHS again with another program. But the dubber is too highly sensitive and will either crash, or jam, or just record an inferior picture. I tried putting spackling into the hole and that works for most of the VHS tapes, but some still wouldn't tape. On this forum farther down, someone suggests buying a "DVD Stabilizer". This is what it's for, and it also "stabilizes" the recorded picture for tracking problems. Get into Amazon.com, key in "electronics" and then "DVD stabilizer". Someone said that it may not work well on a dubber, but it's my only hope. I just ordered it last night, so I don't know yet if it will work; I'll write this forum when I find out.
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