A good FAQ on Macrovision:
http://www.repairfaq.org/filipg/LINK/F_MacroVision.html
David Zverina wrote:
>
> > >Anybody know how to kill macrovision protection?? (the thing
> > that >stops you plugging your DVD player into a VCR?)
> >
> > I would have thought that taking the TV out from your video card
> > directly to the VCR would work.
> >
> > Or, as I'd do, the video out from the TV itself... Must try it sometime..
>
> Actually no .... Macrovision is this dumb copy protection thing that screws
> up the TV out signal for the VCR but not the TV.
>
> If you dont like, you can:
> 1. Get chipset specific tweaks for your decoder card to remove it from TV
> out.
> 2. Get a hardware box to remove it from the TV out (eg.
> http://www.videoguys.com/sima.htm)
> 3. Possibly(?), wait for someone to implement a good software player on
> linux which does not need a decoder card. (This should be possible now the
> CSS is broken?)
> 4. Live with it. ;-)
>
> Disclaimer: YMMV. I do not own DVD technology - information is from third
> party experience. ;-)
>
> Dave.
>
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