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Windows, Networking and Software

FAQ, Tips, Hints, and Wisdom for Windows 98x/XP

David Gok 120

DirectX Installation – Remember to Re-Install Drivers

And after any install of DirectX remove and let windows re-install the sound card drivers and the video

card drivers and use the best drivers for your cards, which usually aren't WHQL certified. Get the latest

drivers from the card maker's site and install them, AFTER installing DirectX.

DirectX Version

start\run\dxdiag

DVD – Bootleg Sites (not recommended, just listed) selling VCDs

http://www.eurekamovies.com or http://www.allvcd.com

DVD Copy Information

I want to make backups of some commercial DVDs that I own. I don’t want to spend $600 on a Pioneer

DVR-A03 if it won't make copies that work! Is a commercial movie copy protected, if so, can I bypass it?

In other words, can I make a useable copy of an original DVD?

It can make a perfect copy if the original is a 4.7GB single sided DVD (not many are, I have a fair few

though) Otherwise you will have to remove the extras and maybe extra soundtracks or even recompress the

film (Although not many fill a (9.4GB) dual layer disc for some reason, AFAIK Star Wars TPM is only

6.5GB, less if you get rid of the other soundtracks)

You will also need so description software (I use smartripper, works great) And you will need W2K or XP

with NTFS (To get over 4GB DVD image files), you will need some good authoring software, "DVD wise"

does the job, but has a few bugs.

Take a look at:

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/articles/index.html

DVD – Macrovision 1, 2, and 3

Macrovision is the copy protection used by the DVD industry (and VHS as well) to prevent you from

making a usable copy of your DVD or VHS tape.

Type 2 color stripe Macrovision copy protection does not show unless you play back a signal recorded with

it on VHS. It’s unnecessary to defeat Type 2 Macrovision if all you want to do is watch a DVD image

through a VCR or a VCR/TV combo. You must defeat the Type 1 Macrovision copy protection. A

conventional (digital) video stabilizer will defeat Type 1.

A Conventional video stabilizer will allow you to see copy protected DVD video through your VCR. But if

you tape from that signal, you will see color stripes on the picture. You want to copy DVD’s onto videotape

you need to defeat both Type 1 and Type 2. You want to watch DVD signal through a VCR you need to

defeat only the macrovision that is also used on VHS pre-records. Colorstripe Macrovision does not show

on a live DVD signal, only on playback of it’s recording.

Here is a simple description of Macrovision I:

http://www.dtg.org.uk/reference/tutorial/copy_pro.htm

Here is more information about Macrovision Protection (read the ANALOG part):

http://www.neoucom.edu/Cruce/Dvd98/software.html#COPY

Macrovision Type 1: copy protection off AGC Only

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