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I'm switching computers soon to a more up-to-date and more powerful computer, and I'm pretty excited about finally being able to do things with video so I've been exploring sites with info and tips. I'll be switching to WinXP from Win98 and I've learned about this Movie Maker program that comes with XP. I'm a little confused about something though, something that I've read in a few places by people who have asked questions and told of problems they have. I've looked in this newsgroup and haven't found any posts about it so maybe this doesn't apply to Movie Maker but I want to ask anyway since it seems to me that video is video and audio is audio regardless of the operating system or software program.
What is this Analog Copy Protection I've read about?? I know analog means non-digital, and that means tapes instead of disks and memory chips/cards (like film cameras instead of digital cameras), but is there something about capturing from a VCR or a tape-based camcorder (or analog anything) that screws up when capturing to a video capture card? Is it copy protection that's put into the pre-recorded movies you buy at a store or is it some kind of copy protection/security that a camcorder adds in to protect tapes?
I haven't read anything about this copy protection issue here in this newsgroup, so is Movie Make affected by this?....or are videos captured by Movie Maker from tapes affected by this issue? Can any video capture program be used with any video capture card or are there specific abilities with particular programs being the reason that a particular capture program is included with a particular video capture card?.....and is this copy protection issue affected by the program or the card?
Look forward to reading helpful explanations!
Thanks bunches
Kirby
P.S. My address is an old one from when I registered with a Passport. My address is the word 'Lifes' and 'graces' as one word, the '@' character, then 'sbc' and the word 'global', then a period and the word 'net'. It is written out in full-length like this here because of the automated address scanning that happens in newsgroups.
What is this Analog Copy Protection I've read about?? I know analog means non-digital, and that means tapes instead of disks and memory chips/cards (like film cameras instead of digital cameras), but is there something about capturing from a VCR or a tape-based camcorder (or analog anything) that screws up when capturing to a video capture card? Is it copy protection that's put into the pre-recorded movies you buy at a store or is it some kind of copy protection/security that a camcorder adds in to protect tapes?
I haven't read anything about this copy protection issue here in this newsgroup, so is Movie Make affected by this?....or are videos captured by Movie Maker from tapes affected by this issue? Can any video capture program be used with any video capture card or are there specific abilities with particular programs being the reason that a particular capture program is included with a particular video capture card?.....and is this copy protection issue affected by the program or the card?
Look forward to reading helpful explanations!
Thanks bunches
Kirby
P.S. My address is an old one from when I registered with a Passport. My address is the word 'Lifes' and 'graces' as one word, the '@' character, then 'sbc' and the word 'global', then a period and the word 'net'. It is written out in full-length like this here because of the automated address scanning that happens in newsgroups.