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Macrovison is a form of copy protection found on most commercial VHS tapes, it's used to prevent the piracy of tapes. It should in no way affect the capture of your home video tapes but some capture devices are prone to interpret regular errors as being Macrovision protection. This article discusses the reasons it appears, has some examples and ways to work around it.
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This article will arm you with the information needed to make knowledgeable choices for the type of captures and hardware needed to convert analog video to a digital format.
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