V.c.r. still has a lot of practical applicaltion

I had an old Matsushita manufactured GE VCR once that was not affected by Marcovision. This was in the 1980's when VHS tapes were encoded with it to prevent dubbing. This old GE would somehow filter the MV signal out and you could make nice, clean copies of rental tapes! I remember E.T. and Back to the Future were some of the first titles to get encoded with MV.

Great video! I had pretty good luck using the Grex Video Stabilizer to record stuff off HBO, Starz and Cinemax (I am still able to record stuff off Showtime and the Movie Channel without the Grex oddly enough). I was originally going to buy a cheaper video stabilizer, but the Grex had pretty good reviews and is compatible with the Magnavox DVD recorder I have. The only thing is that it degrades the resolution on recordings slightly, though it doesn't really bother me that much.

Thanks for posting this. Very clearly laid out and explained as usual. I really hope it works for me. My VCR did not react like yours did. The picture was always there, it just would change the contrast every couple seconds. The odd thing is if I go back and re-watch the tape, the flickering doesn't always occur at the same places which if it was recorded that way I would think it would always occur in the same place.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

If your picture distortion is caused by macrovision it would record that way and be on the tape in the same place.

@tyler2610

7 жыл бұрын

Could I e-mail you a video of what is happening and see if that helps any? I think whatever the issue, it must be in the cable box set-up since it has happened on multiple VCRs and the issue only occurs when recording.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

Sure you can find my email at the top of the main page.

@tyler2610

7 жыл бұрын

Okay, I will attempt to tomorrow. I recorded a sufficient video with my phone but I have never connected my I phone to my computer so I will have to figure out how to do that and then download the video. If you would be okay with me texting it to you, that would actually be much easier but I understand if you don't want to give out your personal number. If you don't mind e-mailing it to me so it is not public my e-mail address is Tylerhawkins84@yahoo.com. Thanks again!

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

Ha ha, you and me both. My stupid phone is not recognized by my computer.Never mind transferring files I find it faster just to pull the SD card out of the phone and plug it into computer and copy files.

I have so many VHS tapes of my kids and a few of grandkids. I would really like to save these to DVD so I can save them. My oldest grandson is now 30 and I have a VHS of him whin he was 11 days old. Thank you so very much for your help and kindness, I will try this.

I dunno about Macrovision, but I just hooked up an additional coaxial cable from my cable box to the dvd recorder and it seems to be working just fine..The resolution is a bit fuzzy, but nothing to get in a tizzy over

i had an old piano key jvc hr3320 vcr, it didnt use the blanking periods to set input gain level, it used a cruder and slower automatic gain circuit. Now i didnt know about copy protection, i used to copy startrek videos from a video hire shop so i could have a personal copy (loved startrek). I was told later "You cant copy them, they are protected" oh i said. That frend wanted a copy of a workout video for his wife, it was copy protected, so i copyed it and gave it back. He said it works perfect, but its still copy protected LOL. Gotta love the old tech ways of making vcrs :-D So i assume the scrubber is something like a fet that blanks out the blanking period, and is driven by a sync seperator, possibly with a 1 line delay.

What if you want to scrub macrovision off of S-VIDEO is there a different box for that?

I was recording with my DVR cable box with my DVD recorder. Since I got a box without DVR, I can not record HB0. I'm wondering that maybe that scrambler is disabled with a DVR cable box. The box also had two tuners.

has anyone tried one of those hdmi capture cards from ebay? im wondering if that would allow you to record hd video from a cable box.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

SpyingDutchman hdmi splitters don't all remove it. I have 3 that don't and an HDMI switch that won't pass. All I get is a message that says "Your television does not support HDCP over HDMI connection" I just use the component outputs and capture with a Hauppauge HD PVR component to usb capture box. works perfectly and allows excellent quality 1080i captures which look fine.

Hi, I looked on Kijiji for a Macrovision Scrubber and they don't show anything. Ebay didn't have them either. Where would I find one? Thanks!

@momzilla9491

5 жыл бұрын

Update... You can find them on Ebay. Search for: Digital Video Stabilizer. Different brands are shown, but they all do what is shown on this lesson.

yup I'm one of those who still records with a VCR, in the the UK we have freeview which is perfectly fine to record from no macro but other paid boxes like virgin TV, sky, bt vision etc you can't record from they will only allow you to record onto the hard drive, i prefer to take my recordings away and archive them that's why i still use the vcr, i did try a dvd recorder a few years back but the thing was so unrelable what with recording errors that i just went back to my trusty VCR, vhs is so simple, shove a tape in and hit record, it's so quick, plus my Sony freeview box and VCR have smart link so i can set a program to record in the freeview epg and the vcr will boot up and record as and when the program starts and shuts down when the program finished, works fine, like they say if it ain't broke don't fix it.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

You can record onto removable media with one of these macroscrubbers I do it all the time.

Im unable to figure out why I cant record recorded shows on my dvr with my vcr. A few months ago I had no problems doing this. Im not sure If I have it wired up right. I have comcast.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

Digital cable, Satellite and IPTV providers all have the ability to turn on macrovision on all the modern digiotal set top boxes to prevent recording, even to an analog format like VHS. If you have an early machine manufactured in the 80's or 90's you may have some luck, with disruption of the video, but the newer machines as soon as they detect the macrovision signature (watermark embedded in the video) they refuse to even enter record, and the only solution is with a macrovision scrubber like I show here. Not all are created equal either.. Some leak the watermark which will trigger the chip in the recorder. The one I have has total sync reconstruction.

Do you think a Videonics Video Edit Maker is equivalent to a Videonics MX-1? Will it do the same job for copying commercial videos?

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

I have no idea

I have used GO-DVD & not had any probs, no strips; but it does remove captions.

Very interesting I remember if you tried to record from a DVD to a VHS some DVDs well most have copy protection but if you tried the recording would be dark it would record but picture would be dim and dark just another form of protection. But there are some DVDs I own that have no protection at all witch I find interesting and there store bought DVDs. Question if you used there DVRs could you record HBO I'm curious about that.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

Yes you can record HBO onto a DVR without using a macroscrubber or TBC, but you can't copy it to DVD. If you make the recording onto a DVR feeding through a TBC or scrubber first then you can copy the recording onto disk.I have tried that, as there are series I record for my daughter, and dump it to the hard drive on my DVD/HDD unit first to edit out the commercials, and then burn her a disk. That is what I use that macroscrubber for. That's all I use it for actually.

Any exoerience with the Grex 7.4? Is it still available?

I vcr record stuff off my roku. Use an hdmi converter. Roku hdmi out goes to the converter in and analog out goes to vcr. Really nice to be able to record anything thing i want from the roku device.

@12voltvids

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I have an HDMI to analog converter too but the one I have doesn't work with protected content.

@opiekrumpus4182

3 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids yeah never have come up on content that is protected. I have Netflix and have no issue. Taped Love Death and Robots and came out fine.

I'll bet ur "macroscrubber" also removes captions; so if u are recording programs w/ captions to learn a foreign language, this is a loss. Is there a scrubber that doesn't also scrub out captions? (particularly analog captions?)

Would it be better to get a macro scrubber or a digital converter? If so where would I find them?

@12voltvids

6 ай бұрын

Hard to find as they are illegal to produce or sell. I built mine 40 years ago.

I wonder if you sync to the line sync signal can you lose the Macro-vision signal?

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

Macrovision doesn't alter the sync.I did a video before showing macrovision on a waveform monitor and pulse cross monitor. The sync is not touched. What is done is disturber signals are encoded that are outside the normal video levels, IRE 0 to IRE 100.These disturber signals go down well below IRE 0 into the blanking level, and overshoot the IRE100 peek white level.A TV ignores these because the signals that overshoot the black level do not go negative enough to disrupt the sync lock, as they are not on the same frequency as horizontal and vertical sync, and occur just after vertical sync, so the vertical countdown as already reset on a modern TV. Some old analog vertical oscilators would trigger and that required tweaking the vertical hold.What macrovision does is cause the AGC on a VCR to go crazy. It can see this much brighter white signal followed by much blacker black signal that would result in over deviation of the FM modulator when recorded on tape. So that AGC would turn down the video level to bring these interferebce signals into the range that the modulator requires, and in the process they crush the video, and sync being recorded.The only way to remove it properly is to use a sync generator IC that can be external genlocked to the incoming signal. Once the signal is genlocked a timing circuit (555 timer) can be used to generate a blanking signal that is used to mute those lines of video, without muting the video.Since you are using a sync pulse generator to generate the signal, just a switch can be used to switch in the newly generated synch during that duration. That is what the unit I have does. Some other cheaper units don't completely remove macrovision, but just clip the interference signals to the point that they no longer affect the AGC in a VCR. This is fine for the older VCRs but all the modern ones, and all DVD recorders look for that signature that is left behind and will refuse to go into record is the signature is still there. The macroscrubber I have, which was published on Radio Electronics in the early 80's completely strips off macrovision. Of course you can do the same thing with a full frame TBC. That will also remove it completely.

If I remember correct, doesn't the older VCR's from the early 80's also bypass MacroVision...before it's time? ~Jack, VEG

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

Old Betamax did. Perhaps some old VHS ignored it too.

@sockcutter

7 жыл бұрын

My father had a full-size VHS camcorder (from the mid 90s) that was not affected by macrovision. I used to borrow it from time to time to make copies. Unfortunately the audio was linear mono only but hey you take what you can get.

@glennmillerfan

7 жыл бұрын

Most VHS vcrs from before 1984 or 1985 also don't seem to recognize Macrovision either. For example, the first VCR my parents had (the Magnavox VR8416SL01) didn't recognize Macrovision and was used by my mom pretty often to make dubs of pre-recorded tapes (considering that pre-recorded tapes of recent movies were still about $100 each in 1985).

hi i have a question for u could i record from my tv what i wacth on kodi let see that i love the movie and i want to take it on the road can i do that with a dvd recorder?

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

Yes if you kodi box has composite output you can record it on a DVD recorder. If you have a cheap one that only has HDMI, then you need an HDMI to composite converter

I did not realize there was an issue with Macrovisio. Instead, I was told that the problem is that my VCR is analog while cable is digital and I need a DCB, which I have purchased. However, unable to "find" channels.

ViewHD 1X2 HDMI Splitter costs about $35USD. Can record from satellite or cable through HDMI. Used to use it to record with my Hauppage HDPVR 2 through the HDMI input. Works great. You can also get a HDMI to composite or component adapter to record to other devices though this may soften the picture. My Vision Quest DVD recorder allows recording from component inputs as well as composite as well, it ignored the Macrovision flag. I only ever saw those units in Canada though many Liteon DVD recorders could also record without detecting the Macrovision flag.

@josephmorris9098

6 жыл бұрын

Hawley Griffon mi

@und4287

4 жыл бұрын

Some capture cards detect splitters.

@speedyboishan87

9 ай бұрын

​@@und4287Yes Hauppauge, Blackmagic they are the best ones to buy as they dont detect splitters being used although both Hauppauge and Blackmagic may state you cannot capture encrypted HD signals in reality you can they dont want their devices being used to capture copyrighted content.

Hey! 12voltvids! I too have a nicer way to do that, providing that the DVD recorder and cable TV box both have component video inputs and outputs respectively! I can even do a demonstration for you that I can post on my channel and maybe even on your channel if you want. I havs a cable TV box that is both Macrovision and HDCP protected, and in addition to that, the external hard drive (for PVR functionality) is using a proprietary hard drive format. I'm lucky to have an old Philips DVDR-615 DVD recorder that has component inputs, and since the component output is the only output on the cable box that is unencrypted, I use 2 composite video cables together to get that component video, and so, I can offload VOD content and PVR recordings onto DVD which I can then place in my portable DVD player and watch on the go! To recap: The cable TV box has to have component video out, and the DVD recorder (or an external DVR) has to have component video in, then connect the 2 together. If you don't have component video cables, just use 2 sets of composite video cables and remember which port you plugged them into. From what I know, the component video connection does have no encryption.

@kbhasi

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, of course, I know that for VOD content and live TV, I can just stream them using the cable TV company's online service onto my tablet or phone. But what if the VOD content is "expired"...

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

Kevin Bhasi I use the component video out from my cable box in 1080i mode to the component inputs on my Hauppauge HD capture box. this way I can record my dvr or vod programming in full HD.

@kbhasi

7 жыл бұрын

12voltvids​ For me, I'm stuck with 576i since I don't have something that can take in component video in HD. But hey, I do like the convenience of a DVD.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

Kevin Bhasi that's why I capture it on the computer before it expires.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

The Hauppague HDPVR (first gen) is the best. It uses component inputs. The new one has HDMI and doesn't support HDCP from what I understand. The component input model records everything perfectly in HD over component.

My sony dvd recorder switch to copy once mode with a hbo program. This mode only records on harddisk...sucks my vhs records fine but i cant copy the vhs tape to dvd...same copy once protection

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

Right but you can't copy it to DVD. If you run through a macroscrubber or time base corrector you can record on removable media.

@GustoTheGamer

7 жыл бұрын

time base corrector 270 bucks..damn :)

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

I have seen macroscrubbers for 20

Betamax didn't support Macrovision so it would be nice if you tried this on a Beta VCR without any equipement.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

I can do that. I have a Betamax here to test it on.

Thnaks for posting A+

Its silly that they even worry about people record shows onto old video equipment

Now can you use your PC video capture card to record from your cable box? Like you did for the jurassic park VHS tape you digitized a few seconds then burnt it to a DVD.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

Sure you can, but there are a few people out there that still use tape or DVD.I never record anything to tape or DVD anymore. Haven't for years. I record using my Hauppague to the PC in HD for the odd program that I want to keep.I only hang on to the old macro scrubber and TBC for when I get a tape from a client that wants it archived to DVD.I record very little as pretty much everything is on demand these days anyway.

@coondogtheman

7 жыл бұрын

12voltvids I mostly record to digital then make it into an .mp4 file and then watch it on my phone. I have a few VHS tapes, I plan to digitize them some day. Theres this little composite video to SD recorder on amazon I might try that but I'm not sure if it's "Macrovision proof" My ion capture device on my PC seems to ignore all copy protection. And I buy most of my movies on DVD I have lots of DVDs. I have lots of Mark Wahlberg movies because he is just awesome. I'm a huge fan of him.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

Most PC based capture cards totally ignore macrovision.Never had any issues going to my Hauppaue HD capture card.There are a few shows that I have been recording on my pc. I always just record straight to mp4 in HD.

@coondogtheman

7 жыл бұрын

12voltvids I'm not sure if mine can record to mp4. I would like to be able to edit the videos, Like I play a tape of old cartoons into the PC and then chop up the individual cartoons so each is a separate file. The capture device came with cyberlink powerdirector but I don't know how to use it.

howdy this be crazy idea is possible to record iptv from pendoo android pro box either put on dvd recoder panasonic dmr eh59 build in hard drive or vhs recoder or any of the on demand apps i know there digital is there any possible way on budget .

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

Yes if you use the analog output from your android box you can record it onto dvd or vhs. In standard definition quality of course.

I miss my old RCA VCR . I’m guessing it had a “ defect “ in it that allowed me to actually record other vhs tapes that had the macro vision encoded on them . Going to the local video store was like going shopping for the latest movies out at that point. All I needed was a whole load of blank tapes and the next thing I knew I had like entire library of movies at my disposal in my closet.

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

The old machines did not respond to macrovision so you could make pretty much perfect quality or as good as as you could for second generation from tapes speaking of old RCA VCRs I have one little top loader weighs a ton it's about to throw your back out picking it up

@jgfear

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids mine was a front loader . Cost me about $200.00 at the time. It was very good quality never ever had any trouble with it and it was light weight, not heavy at all . I purchased it in 95 . I always made sure that the vcr that was playing tape for the transfer was good quality also . I had a good set up .

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

@@jgfear by 95 they would have had the chip in it but only for the recorder.

TRY TO CONNECT OLD BETAMAX VCR AND RECORD >>IS IT SHULD BE REMOVE MICRO? DID YOU GET GOOD RECORD? JUST TRY

@12voltvids

5 жыл бұрын

Most old beta were unaffected by macrovision

12voltvids, we couldn't see how you had your VCR hooked up to the TV in this video. Big Question... Was the VCR you are using in this lesson (you said it was newer) have the HDMI connection? My VCR/DVD-R (Digital) has everything available to hook up to my Cable Box (Company ABC) and TV, but HDMI. Cable Box has every kind of hook-up. TV (SMART) has everything but S-Video Cable for hooking up. I just received my DVS and hooked it up. Using; 1. Cable Box OUT to Stabilizer IN *white and red Jacks OUT on Cable Box to Yellow Jack IN on Stabilizer* 2. Stabilizer OUT to VCR IN, *yellow jack OUT on DVS to VCR Jacks IN white and red 3. VCR OUT to Stabilizer IN, *yellow jack OUT on VCR to Stabilizer IN yellow Big Darn!!!! On "On-Demand" the Macro shows up immediately and the Picture is extremely scrambled during Playback. LOL Yes, I did turn the DVS switch to ON. Am I doing something wrong? I can still record regular TV, but I can't record any of my Paid for -- On-Demand. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks big time!!!!

@12voltvids

5 жыл бұрын

Video out from cable box to video in on stabilizer. Video out from stabilizer to video in on recorder. Audio out from cable box to audio on on recorder.

@momzilla9491

5 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids I've check and re-checked my connections so they match your description exactly. Sadly - very sadly; my DVS can't tackle the Macrovision coming from the Cable Box to record Video on Demand TV. DANG!!!! Maybe because TV is too Smart? I'm going to keep this connection and test dubbing a MACRO Movie VHS to DVD and see if it will work. If that doesn't work, I'll hook up a separate VHS/DVD Player and run the DVS between the Player Unit and the Recording Unit. I still have some awesome movies that I have never been able to replace on DVD! Keeping the faith!!!!! I'll let you know what happens! Thank you so much for all your help!

@12voltvids

5 жыл бұрын

@@momzilla9491 The macro scrubber I have, which I built is based around an RCA synch generator ic for TV camera, and it is long obsolete but it completely generates new sync both horizontal and vertical and is genlock to the incoming signal and switched in during vertical blanking and over the next 21 lines. It totally blanks all macrovision signals and allows recording on any device. A videonics mx1 also does this as will any professional TBC. The consumer video stabilizer units reduce the level of macrovision and will stop it from messing with the agc on a VCR but do nothing on newer machines that have a chip that detect the signature signal that is still present but at reduced levels. Use one like I have and it will work. I built this from plans that were published in an electronics magazine back in 1980 or 81 when macrovision first appeared. The supreme Court however made this design illegal to manufacture or sell. The companies had to make units that complied. So the unit I have is pretty rare. I had about a dozen boards made and built a few. Then stock of the sync chip dwindled. The first one I made the one I showed the chip was 5 bucks. The last one I made that chip had jumped to over 50 and I had a hard time making any money selling it so I never made any more. I think it would be next to impossible to find that chip today. I forget the model of camera the chip was used it, but it was an eng camera not a home camera.

@momzilla9491

5 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids I only understand a little about the lines that have to be dropped to get a clear picture. There was talk about that on one of the YT Videos demonstrating a RCA Type TV Capture Device. The reviews I later read were awful for those Capture Cards. I am so hoping that I can avoid using my Laptop for the process! It's so hard to stay organized! I am having the worst time, and have so much work to do, mostly for my Home Movies. I was hoping the DVS would add some stabilization to those movies but I could be wrong about that. I just spent $65.00 including shipping. I could just cry!

@12voltvids

5 жыл бұрын

@@momzilla9491 Most cheap capture cards don't do a very good job. The capture card I use to digitize clients home videos cost me 1200.00 and it outputs a high bandwidth MPG2 data stream at 25mbits which delivers a digital copy that is pretty much indistinguishable from the source tape. Because the bandwidth is relatively high, it creates huge files. About 12 gigs per hour so most people opt to put their home videos on a portable hard drive so they can edit them on their computer, or they put them directly onto DVD disks. I use stand alone hardware based units for that task.

Where can I buy one

I want to see a demonstration of Beta against Macrovision, that would be interesting. I wonder what form of protection Beta max has ever used? I have Superman on a Beta tape, and it has a rolling picture protection on it. I wonder what kind of protection it is. By the way I remember the good old 80's, of where you could record from HBO without any problems. But now these days Cable makes it hard for you to record off of HBO.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

I can certainly make a demo recording from the cable box of protected content on Beta and VHS and see how it works. I just got an order into convert 5 beta tapes, so while I have the machine hooked up I will try to record protected content and see what happens. In the name of science that is. I am a bit behind the 8 ball this week as I have s few memorial videos to complete, and the funerals won't wait, so I am scanning photos and putting together some videos guaranteed to make people cry. Basically the only thing I do in video production these days for money is celebration of life, and tape archiving, and when the day arrives is is never planned, and then the pressure is on to put a video together with a deadline. I just finished one tonight, and I have another to do for the weekend, and then I can get back onto the youtube videos.

Does it record to MP4

But... what if I just feed in a AV signal into the vcr? The component output is all yours at that point

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

The AV signal is what has the macrovision signal on it. Component has no interference signals added.

@krisztianszirtes5414

7 жыл бұрын

Oh I see, that wasn't exactly clear to me. Thanks!

How do I record from HDTV to a VCR/DVD recorder?

@12voltvids

6 жыл бұрын

From a cable box you can take the composite output to your DVD recorder or VCR. Some cable boxes will require you to disconnect the HDMI cable going to your TV, as the box will disable the standard video output when an ADMI connection is detected. Keep in mind that most premium channels like HBO have the copyguard (macrovision) signal turned on, so you will need to run through a macrovision scrubber first before going into your VCR or DVD recorder. On my system I have to do that, but running through the scrubber allows me to record anything including VOD and Netflix programming onto DVD-R disks in standard definition. For HD, I take the component output from my cable box, and connect it to the component input on my Hauppague HDPVR capture box which digitizes at 720p or 1080i depending on what I have set it to, and then I can record direct to an .MP4 file on my computer in full HD.

in the future you may want to get a bulletproof hosting so you can throw up the videos there that get flagged for takedown and they will never get taken down again. bulletproof hosting is a service that looks the other way on what you post and if it gets a complaint they either move the content around between servers to make it look like a whack a mole or ignores the takedown notices. tpb is one example of bulletproof hosting

Does anyone know where I can buy one of these scrubbers?

@WickerBasket9

5 жыл бұрын

You can buy them online if you look hard enough.

Why does the o-scope seem like its flickering and un-readable?

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

Rolling shutter on the video camera. The scope is very readable, it is just that the shutter on the camera cuts it off depending on the sweep rate of the scope. You do see the macrovision pulse that I am talking about.

@lustfulvengance

7 жыл бұрын

12voltvids Is there no way around that rolling shutter issue?? I really wish I could see what was actually on the scope instead of a flickering distorted image.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

I'll try a slower shutter speed for the next one. It doesn't flicker on the camera when I am shooting it, or on my plasma because I am seeing it at 60 frames, but perhaps when youtube converts it to 30 frames it changes.

Back in the 1980s Showtime said that they knew that people record movies off of their channel.

Thank's D, funny thing, I don't record much anymore, got hundreds that I don't watch. There's some new hdmi firestick that hacks free tv or something. I had a sat box that hacked in dish net, but they scrambled, some sort of digital block. D

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

That would have been one of those modified FTA boxes that was floating around. Used to see those things everywhere and then they all disappeared.

@kbhasi

7 жыл бұрын

12voltvids Modified FTA boxes? These remind me of boxes sold here that are used to watch StarHub cable TV illegally using a combination of the normal coaxial cable connection, and an Internet connection.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

Kevin Bhasi imitally they just worked. then they needed an Internet connection for the keys that changed every few minutes. as far as I know it stll works but I don't have such a set-up. A friend that used to do it moved and took down his dish.

@umajunkcollector

7 жыл бұрын

I still have the sat free to air box. it's collecting dust, don't know if it's totally useless.

WHERE DO YOU GET A MICRO SCRUBBER FROM.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

I built this one when I was 19. Was published in Radio Electronics in 1982

@RFlynn-rs6yw

7 жыл бұрын

If I recall, it was on the cover of that issue, and it included all the theory of operation too. I think the unit had only one downside, it removed the Closed Captioning, which is explained in the theory of operation. I loved Radio Electronics !

@franklinsterlen6817

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Check Ebay also check 1987 Radio Electronics December Issue page 49 since there is nothing on 1982 & 1983 Issue which i checked.

@12voltvids

2 жыл бұрын

@@franklinsterlen6817 the one I built came out of a magazine. I assumed it was radio electronics because all i had to work with was a photo copy of the board layout and parts list to build the one I have but i built it in 82 i remember that part.

@franklinsterlen6817

2 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids Yes, I believe it was done obviously but it wasn't from Radio Electronics issue especially from 1982 because I checked every issue from Jan - December and there's nothing there.

I used to record from cable years ago with no problem but recently I cannot record nothing. I figured it was some kind of coding.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

It's Macrovision.

If HBO does it here in us there breaking fair use law

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One word : KODI

It's utterly ridiculous for uploading very short clips of copyrighted material without any audio and all of a sudden, boom! Copyright strike. It really makes "Fair Use" a bit of an understatement, honestly. Heck, I uploaded two 30 second promos of The Loud House and got two copyright claims the day after manually by Viacom but no other action was taken. No takedown notice, no copyright strikes, no nothing, really. Just two copyright claims on one on each video and that was it.

@12voltvids

5 жыл бұрын

Fair use is open to interpretation. What many consider fair use others consider copyright. 9 seconds is fair use. You could string 100 9 second clips together and that would be fine as long as they didn't immediately follow each other 😁

@WickerBasket9

5 жыл бұрын

I agree!

@12voltvids

5 жыл бұрын

@@WickerBasket9 To give you an idea how silly things have become. I uploaded a test clip. Just wanted to see if there was any benefit to shooting and editing in 1080 60p. 49 second clip of me talking and waving my hand in front of the camera, and then putting it in slo mo. The 49 second clip took 206 megs so no I doubt that I will shoot in that format because it eats up 3x the bandwidth of 1080i, but anyway youtube has found it unsuitable for advertisers.

@WickerBasket9

5 жыл бұрын

Oof. KZread's harsh, to be honest with you.

It is an interesting diy approach to archiving favorite TV shows. But having to rerecord shows in real time with capture card or onto a (even with a macroscrubber) dvd recorder or vhs is time consuming. My millennial generation would rather the convenience of downloading or streaming shows.

@12voltvids

6 жыл бұрын

dpb4free If it is something already on your pvr this is the way to do it. Downloading can be convenient however finding unbroken sources or ones of good quality can be time consuming. I don't fart around with Kodi for that reason. Having to try 20 links to find one that works or gives good enough quality becomes too much work real quick. Personally the only thing I archive are live performances. I don't record TV or movies because once I have seen something I don't want to see it again. I don't understand why people buy movies or TV shows on DVD or Blu-ray.

@dlarge6502

3 жыл бұрын

Downloading/streaming? What do you do when it's not on such a service?

R U paranoid on showing short few seconds clips of copywrite material? Wud YT hit u for that? I think not. There is such a thing as fair use.

@dlarge6502

3 жыл бұрын

Fair use has to be transformative

Cable is such a rip off.

@12voltvids

7 жыл бұрын

The way I see it is someone has to pay for the actors, and producers. The cable guys have to pay for the content they deliver. If nobody paid, and nobody watched commercials and bought the products they sell then there would be no more movies and series.That would be like you going into work and your boss saying, sorry we can't pay you today because too many people are stealing from us, so we aren't making any money, sorry you have to work for free.By sharing and downloading content illegally, this is exactly what you are doing. There is now talk of a Netflix tax, so they will get you one way of another. All I know is my internet bill keeps getting higher and higher. What used to be unlimited bandwidth, is now metered, and because I upload a lot, my internet bill is becoming unmanageable.

@hawleygriffon9290

7 жыл бұрын

But that's not really how it works. If that were true, we would have no TV at all. But we don't, so the loss in revenue has to be a lot less than most people think. The industry keeps saying "loss this and loss that" but the studios keep raking in the dough. Seen any of the majors go bankrupt lately? And now, the Netflix model is catching on what with all the independent stations producing original content. There will always be some pilferage but overall, the industry is still pretty healthy IMO.

mixer or switcher? old relic - Videonics MX1 digital video switcher "tie base corrector"? -- U wasted so much time repeated over & over ur fears about copyright infringement IMHO ridiculous for incidental short clips w/out any audio. The big prob now is getting around HDCP. TNX for ur video - now go & edit out all but the first of ur (paranoid?) explanations for why U block the screen LOL -- Is half of ur video devoted to these explanations?

why bother recording to vhs or dvd? if you are interested in having them stored on a harddrive, there are many more obvious solutions and with no loss of quality.

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

I record all my stuff onto hard drive myself but believe it or not many still use dvd to record on because not everyone has a smart tv or media box to play files on. I know a guy that records everything on dvd to play in his RV as he finds it more convenient to just take a few disks and his tv had a dvd player built in.

@RosaMannen

4 жыл бұрын

@@12voltvids wow. you guys seem to be stuck in 2002.everything is downloadable with far greater quality.

@12voltvids

4 жыл бұрын

@@RosaMannen I don't record onto tape or dvd myself but many still do. Not everyone has a high speed internet connection. This video was for those that still use the old tech.

@opiekrumpus4182

3 жыл бұрын

@@RosaMannen Not everything is available for download. Having a vcr to record stuff is a great alternative. And quality is not bad at all.

@RosaMannen

3 жыл бұрын

@@opiekrumpus4182 If you know where to look you can find everything.