these are basic vhs. the kind you buy at the store, but when i went to record on dvd said copyright protected and i know that this is not so. if anyone has any ideas or perhaps methods around this please help. I AM DESPERATE TO BACK THESE UP ON DVD!!!
Thanks to anyone that may be able to help!!!
2006-06-19 17:16:55 · 10 answers · asked by JENNIFER D 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
It wont record at all though. the recorder shuts off 10 seconds after the warning apears and will not record.
2006-06-19 18:03:31 · update #1
this is the basic vhs tapes that you buy at the store to record stuff from vcr. nothing else. there is no way that this would not record to dvd.
2006-06-26 02:59:18 · update #2
I'm no technical whiz or anything, but couldn't you just play the VHS like you are going to watch it, and have your DVD recorder configured to record whatever is on the television? Would that work?
2006-06-19 17:57:44 · answer #1 · answered by Ana Thema 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No chance. If these are the kind of tapes I am thinking of, they are play only tapes. They will stop a tape player, a dvd player or a computer from recording them. I have one. It is impossible. Best suggestion, dvd record the movie of of a flatscreen. You will loose quality, but; you will at least have something.
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Sorry, reread you question.
By any chance did you knock out te tooth of te tape that prevents it from being recorded on, if so cange out the tape case or tape over that hole where you knocked out the tooth on the case. That will throw off some machines and make them think the material is copyright protected. In order to change out cases, you will need a small phillips head screw driver and another tape. Be careful to thread the tape through the front corner spindles and not to spring the case door lose. It is easy to do if you pay attention to the way things fit together. The screws are on the bottom of the case, normally three of them. You just switch out the tape on the inside of the case for the tape in the other case. It takes about two minutes, less if you have done it before. Taping over the copy protection hole may work as well, but then again the tape may come off in your machine and really screw up things. I prefer moving the whole tape.
As i said i missed the significance of the words home videos. I thought you were talking about store bought tapes in your home collection.
Try what I say and you should clear up your problem.
2006-06-26 00:48:49 · answer #2 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can not transfer copyright protected videos. That's the point. You can not make copies. You have to purchase them. It's illegal to make copies. Any home videos you have won't have that copyright protected ability on them unless they were done by a professional. Then you need to go back to that professional and see if they will do it. If not you may just be out of luck.
2006-07-01 20:06:22 · answer #3 · answered by beethovenisdeaf 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The copy protection is probably "Macrovision". - which is designed to stop copies being made.
When you bought your tapes, you agreed to the copyright conditions that you don't copy the tapes - so therefore any copy protection that the manufacturer builds into the tape doesn't spoil your "enjoyment" if you are watching the original tape.
To find out how Macrovision works, do a search on Google for "Macrovision".
There are various ways claimed of getting around this type of copy protection, but this is of course illegal.
2006-07-03 10:16:43 · answer #4 · answered by Eric J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is a home video like you say it won't be copyrighted, unless a professional took it. I don't know of ahyway to get around a video copyright, just a DVD.
2006-06-19 17:21:07 · answer #5 · answered by Flower Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You probably have to take the little tab off the side of the tape. Cassette tapes have the same little tab on them also. Just knock it out and it should record. On some tapes if you look real close you can see a little lock and unlock picture. Hopefully this helps.
2006-07-03 15:01:51 · answer #6 · answered by Tim P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The copyright doesn't say you can't copy them to dvd, just that you can't sell the copies, give the copies away, or show the movie in public without permission.
2006-06-19 18:00:47 · answer #7 · answered by Monty Python 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they say 'copyright protected' then you shouldn't copy them to DVD.
2006-07-03 14:43:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why would you copyright your own home videos?
2006-07-02 21:47:56 · answer #9 · answered by intergalacticvillian05 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'd have to say your on crack!
2006-07-03 10:49:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋