DVD Problems

[UKGuest44]

Hi,

Recently I've lost my GBPVR system because the hard drive in my main PC died, and while I'm waiting for a replacement, I've resorted to having to watch DVDs.

As I normally do everything through GBPVR, and everything was on the HD, this was not normally a problem, and I very rarely used the DVD player. Also, most of the DVD's I normally watched were home made.

So today, I decided to watch some of my bought DVD's, and needless to say, I had very bad results.

As soon as the DVD loads, the picture fades in and out, sometimes disappearing completely. Sadly, my television is pretty ancient (RF in only), but the VCR is newer (scart) so I had my DVD player connected to the scart socket.

This was fine for most DVDs, even my bought collection of stargate DVDs, but not some of the ones I wanted to play.

I believe it's something to do with the fact I have it going through the VCR. I read on the internet something about protection to prevent copying. However, I have no choice because there is no other way to connect my DVD player to my television, and I dont see why I should have to buy a new television just because they're worried some people might want to copy their DVDs. I most certainly do not, I just want to watch them, and as I bought them, I don't see why I shouldnt.

So I'm here in the hopes there may be someone who can help give me some kind of solution. I'd just like to watch what I've bought. Is there any way I can watch these DVDs in my setup?

TV: RF input only
VCR: Scart input, RF output
DVD Player: Scart output

I'd apreciate any help,

Thanks in advance

[dneprrider]

This fading in and out is caused by the MACROVISION protection scheme. It becomes plainly evident when watching DVDs when streaming them throught a VCR into a TV. Not much you can do except
1. Play the DVD straight from a DVD player into the TV
2. Buy/build a device that removes MACROVISION allowing the set up you have. They are available. Do a google search lots out there.

[UKGuest44]

Thanks,

It's just incredibly frustrating to have to buy something extra for something that should already work

[reboot]

Blame the RIAA, MPAA, and the studios for adopting Macrovision, not gbpvr.

[UKGuest44]

I'm not blaming GBPVR at all, sorry if I gave that impression, that was why I posted in general discussion.

I was just desperate for any ideas that could help

[reboot]

The cheapest option, is to go to the local Share or Salvation Army, or thrift store, and purchase a VCR that doesn't use PLL tuning...that is, one of the old ones, that used different little knobs that you turned to tune in the basic first 13 (12) channels.
These have no way of detecting macrovision, so they simply ignore it, and play the tapes.