ATI - AIW - Pro 32meg - Macrovision question NTSC card type

[Geneve]

Hello is there any way to disable the macrovision so I can backup my vhs's
I purchased to VCD/SVCD ?

I am using Windows 98 SE with 512 megs of ram if this matters.

The AIW software installed is version either 6.2 or 6.3.

I tried going to 7.1 but I could not get any vidoe coming in.

I am also wondering about something I heard the MMC for this card
and my ATI - AIW Radeon (MMC 7.1) if I try and save video as
MPEG-1 it is not true VCD compliant for buring to VCD.


IS this true and is there a fix for this if I want to use MMC for
short clips I want to save?

Currently I use VirtualDub and software codecs to save space during
captures but would like to experiment with the MMC portion of the
software.

Oh I cant move to XP because I cant get the video turner to show up
in VirtualDub so I am stuck in Windows 98 se.

Thanks..........

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[Carol Haynes]

PS: The link I gave doesn't work directly (for me anyway). Go to

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/articles/macrovision_graphics.html

and it is halfway down the page (look for submitted by Laltoo).

If you have a firewall which allows you to set privacy settings (such as
Norton) you have to disable the Privacy Control first otherwise it doesn't
allow you to download (it treats you as someone accessing the download from
a direct link rather than from the webpage which they don't like for some
reason). I don't think this is anything sinister - it seems to be a flaw in
NIS Security Control which affects quite a lot of websites.

Carol

 

[Geneve]

Have you tried using MMC/DVD player 7.7? You won't have to pay for a new CD
as you would to get the DVD player element of MMC 8.x; you can download it
free.

What you need to do is download DVD 7.6 and MMC 7.7; first (after
uninstalling your previous MMC software), install DVD 7.6; then, when you
install MMC 7.7 it updates it to DVD 7.7. Should work on any Radeon
non-mobility card, and, of course, you need the DVD player for the MPEG
codecs.

It's strange that 7.1 won't work with your card - which drivers are you
using (you've presumably installed the capture driver, too?), what's your
CPU and hard drive size?

patrickp

one gig intell p3 / 512 megs ram
80 gig empty hard drive for captures.

7.1 is installed.

I had to disable some nortons stuff because it
was hosing my divx creations. (errors)

I did try 7.6 but got black video. I installed during that
incarnation of windows reinstall the 7.7 but it was
no good. I hadf to redo everything and start over.


About a year later I bought a discounted DVD drive
so I have a genreic 16x right now. Right now it just
kinda fills on a slot. I reall dont use it but it is there.

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[patrickp]

one gig intell p3 / 512 megs ram
80 gig empty hard drive for captures.

7.1 is installed.

I had to disable some nortons stuff because it
was hosing my divx creations. (errors)

I did try 7.6 but got black video. I installed during that
incarnation of windows reinstall the 7.7 but it was
no good. I hadf to redo everything and start over.


About a year later I bought a discounted DVD drive
so I have a genreic 16x right now. Right now it just
kinda fills on a slot. I reall dont use it but it is there.

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What display driver are you using, Geneve, and have you installed the
capture drivers as well? Do you have any problems showing in Device
Manager?

I think you may have misunderstood my comment about needing a DVD player for
the MPEG codecs - it's the software DVD player that provides the codecs, not
a DVD drive.

patrickp

 

[Geneve]

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CD

No I have not tried that on the All In Wonder Pro 32meg card.

That system does not have a DVD player installed.


Where can I get it without hassle? I am getting close to
a full reinstall of windows 98se on that one system and so
if things went wrong it would not be painful to reset the system
to brand new once more.

Ohhhh intertesting....


I just reinstalled the other computer that has the Radeon 32meg card
so I dont see redoing the system any time soon as it is doing real good
for vcd/svcd/divx right now. Though I have questions of why I see in
virtualdub two channel meters displaying the volumnes at the same rate
that is supposed to be stereo yet they move in unison...


Ok on the system I tried that one on here is seperate specs. *yes two computers*

Ram 256 megs, Win98 SE, Two 120 gig drives. PIII-700 Intel cpu. SB Live Value
ATI AIW Pro 32meg vid card. Input is cable TV and sometimes I add a VCR
if family members have special parties / hoildays recorded of family get
togethers and what have you.

What display driver are you using, Geneve, and have you installed the
capture drivers as well? Do you have any problems showing in Device
Manager?

ON the 700mhz system I am using I forget either 6.2 or 6.3 cdrom that
came with the card.

On the 1 gig system I am using the 7.1 drivers that came with that card.

I think you may have misunderstood my comment about needing a DVD player for
the MPEG codecs - it's the software DVD player that provides the codecs, not
a DVD drive.

patrickp

I've made progress in the viewing of SVCD's on the system.

As far as macrovision. I still cant backup anything on the ATI AOIW 32meg pro
/ 700mhz cpu system. I get repeated video frames.

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