- 1). Consider your options to defeat the Macrovision process. There are no easy solutions, but your choices are to either purchase a video enhancement module or more expensive Time Base Corrector (TBC). These devices will replace the incoming video from your VCR with a corrected video signal devoid of the Macrovision effect. The Sima SCC Video Color Corrector is a less expensive product that will remove Macrovision from older VHS tapes.
- 2). Connect the VCR to your video correction module using an RCA composite cable. Connect the video output to the correction module input. Connect the video output from the correction module to the video input of the MPEG encoder card installed on your computer. The audio output from your VCR can be connected directly to the audio input of your MPEG encoder card. Depending on your encoder card, you may also use the audio input of your PC. If this is the case, you will need an adapter cable that has male RCA jacks on one end, and a male stereo mini-jack on the other.
- 3). Use the video capture software utility supplied with your MPEG encoder card to record the incoming video and audio signal from the VHS player routed through your video correction module. This software will convert the analog video signal from your VCR to an MPEG-2 file that is used to create DVDs, or to simply store on a hard drive as digital archive files.
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