VHS and MC - PLease Help

Hello All

I am hoping someone can help.

I have purchased a cheap VHS machine with the intention of copying my old
VHS Tapes to our media centre. As the VHS technology is becomming obsolete,
I see it fitting to transfer our wedding etc to the media centre.

The VHS machine only has an atenna output and input. The output goes to our
media centre and the input comes from our aerial. We are able to watch
television but cannot play back any of our old VHS videos. When we play any
VHS tape it plays but is very fuzzy. If I remove the aerial from the input
on the VHS Machine, it becomes very clear for a short period then throws up
a blue screen message saying that it is Restricted Content.

After searching the net, I have found no solution to this. Infact I have
found that it is a copyright restriction.
Copyright? How odd, it is my media centre, my VHS tapes containing if
anything, my own "copywritten" content. My wedding has nothing to do with
Microsoft or VHS for that matter and I believe that I have the right to
protect my content and convert it into a format that I may view on my media
centre.

Could someone please help me find a solution?

Surely if I can get a clean playback signal, I can use the media centre to
copy it. It is after all, my content, not VHS or Microsofts.

Hugely Disappointed and Frustrated.

CSM1
Wed Mar 26 07:22:04 PDT 2008

"SouthAfrica" <itsmithit@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:eUA6IqojIHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hello All
>
> I am hoping someone can help.
>
> I have purchased a cheap VHS machine with the intention of copying my old
> VHS Tapes to our media centre. As the VHS technology is becomming
> obsolete, I see it fitting to transfer our wedding etc to the media
> centre.
>
> The VHS machine only has an atenna output and input. The output goes to
> our media centre and the input comes from our aerial. We are able to watch
> television but cannot play back any of our old VHS videos. When we play
> any VHS tape it plays but is very fuzzy. If I remove the aerial from the
> input on the VHS Machine, it becomes very clear for a short period then
> throws up a blue screen message saying that it is Restricted Content.
>
> After searching the net, I have found no solution to this. Infact I have
> found that it is a copyright restriction.
> Copyright? How odd, it is my media centre, my VHS tapes containing if
> anything, my own "copywritten" content. My wedding has nothing to do with
> Microsoft or VHS for that matter and I believe that I have the right to
> protect my content and convert it into a format that I may view on my
> media centre.
>
> Could someone please help me find a solution?
>
> Surely if I can get a clean playback signal, I can use the media centre to
> copy it. It is after all, my content, not VHS or Microsofts.
>
> Hugely Disappointed and Frustrated.
>
>

Check the back of the VHS machine, you should have Composite Video (yellow
jack) and Stereo Audio jacks (Red and White jacks). There should be both an
input and output set of jacks.

If that machine does not have those jacks you spent your money for nothing.

You will have those problems using Media center to record VHS tapes.

It is just the way the DRM was implemented in Media Center.
You would be better off using a USB video capture device and Software,
instead of MCE.

Here is one that is just the device, you would need a Video Editor.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16882203057

This one if the device and a Video Editor, Pinnacle is a pretty good brand.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815144004

You can search for "Video Capture", without the quotes on Google to find
more.

I have a Turtle Beach Video Advantage USB that works very well.

--
CSM1
http://www.carlmcmillan.com
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EricBaines
Thu Mar 27 05:03:02 PDT 2008

I've used Nero 7 to capture mpg files from a VHS player. It works pretty
well. You could also use it to produce a DVD. You can download a free trial
from their website.

"SouthAfrica" wrote:

> Hello All
>
> I am hoping someone can help.
>
> I have purchased a cheap VHS machine with the intention of copying my old
> VHS Tapes to our media centre. As the VHS technology is becomming obsolete,
> I see it fitting to transfer our wedding etc to the media centre.
>
> The VHS machine only has an atenna output and input. The output goes to our
> media centre and the input comes from our aerial. We are able to watch
> television but cannot play back any of our old VHS videos. When we play any
> VHS tape it plays but is very fuzzy. If I remove the aerial from the input
> on the VHS Machine, it becomes very clear for a short period then throws up
> a blue screen message saying that it is Restricted Content.
>
> After searching the net, I have found no solution to this. Infact I have
> found that it is a copyright restriction.
> Copyright? How odd, it is my media centre, my VHS tapes containing if
> anything, my own "copywritten" content. My wedding has nothing to do with
> Microsoft or VHS for that matter and I believe that I have the right to
> protect my content and convert it into a format that I may view on my media
> centre.
>
> Could someone please help me find a solution?
>
> Surely if I can get a clean playback signal, I can use the media centre to
> copy it. It is after all, my content, not VHS or Microsofts.
>
> Hugely Disappointed and Frustrated.
>
>
>
>