I've got a clip digitized from a DVD with macrovision that will feature in my program. I'm having difficulties recording DVDs featuring a clip from this DVD onto normal DVD recorders. I've tried using a dodgy Macrovision stripper bought from ebay (but when I try to digitize this clip, I get a wobbly picture in my Avid).

Anyone know of a way of stripping the macrovision off the original DVD, or removing the signal on the way out of my Avid. We have the rights to broadcast this clip, but currently have no means of sourcing it without macrovision. This is for offline rather than online purposes.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Steve

An awfully public place for anyone to admit knowing such dodgey things let alone posting how to do it dont you think?

Hi Steve,

woodced:

Anyone know of a way of stripping the macrovision off the original DVD, or removing the signal on the way out of my Avid. We have the rights to broadcast this clip, but currently have no means of sourcing it without macrovision.

While I appreciate that you have the rights to broadcast the clip, nobody on these forums is going to tell you how to defeat DVD copy protection.

good luck,
Carl

For that task I convert the files from DVD using DVD decrypter. Then I convert the MPEGs and audio (WAV or AC3) to AVI in another application. And AVI can be imported to Avid.

PP

As I outlined it is a perfectly legitimate use of the material and as such is not copyright infringement, rather it is protection avoidance.

I'll try the DVD decrypter route if I get a chance, but it's a long winded process isn't it? Does anyone know where the macrovision is embedded in the video. I'm surprised it is retained when it is digitized into an Avid you see.

woodced:

it is a perfectly legitimate use of the material and as such is not copyright infringement, rather it is protection avoidance.

Interesting interpretation of copyright law.  I'd be interested to see you defend it in a court of law.  And who knows?  After your postings, I just might.

woodced:

As I outlined it is a perfectly legitimate use of the material and as such is not copyright infringement, rather it is protection avoidance.

Ah, well I'm sure that everyone else that reads this forum who wants to steal copyrighted material will appreciate the distinction and refrain from using any knowledge they got from this thread.

good luck,

Carl

"I've got a clip digitized from a DVD with macrovision that will feature in my program....
...As I outlined it is a perfectly legitimate use of the material and as such is not copyright infringement, rather it is protection avoidance."

As you claim you have legitimate use of this footage - meaning the copyright holder grants you rights of use - can you not request the copyright holder a broadcast master for use in the legitimate project?

I'm locking this thread because no good can come from it.

Even if you had legitimate reasons for doing it, we're not going to teach everyone else to do it for illegitimate reasons.