On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 03:45 -0500, Claude Jones wrote: > There are ways to defeat VHS copy protection, but they involve > regenerating the sync pulse portion of the video signal, and that is > something that I usually do by inserting a piece of hardware called a > TBC (Time Base Corrector) between the player and the recorder (in your > case, between your player deck and your video card) While a time base corrector is a good thing to use, as it'll also fix up other tape playback issues (if it'll accept a copy protected signal, in the first place), a cheaper option may be one of the many de-macrovision or video stabiliser boxes that are available. They just replace the syncs, and don't do anything else to the video signal. I do something like that just to watch macrovision stuffed up tapes and discs, here. All of our television sets get the jitters while playing them. -- (This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.