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- From: schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics,rec.video
- Subject: Re: Macrovision
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.133450.18671@panix.com>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 13:34:50 GMT
- References: <1992Sep2.041037.347@u.washington.edu>
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- In article <1992Sep2.041037.347@u.washington.edu> bunky@milton.u.washington.edu (Mike) writes:
- >
- >
- > Does anyone know how macrovision allows a video tape to be watched on
- > a television but not on a vcr? I recently looked at a copy protected
- > videotape and it appeared that there were 4 white bars on the last
- > 8 or 9 lines in the vertical interval that periodicly (every 15 or 20
- > sec) faded in and out. It looks like it's changing the average level
- > of the picture to mess up the vcr. If that's the case could this be
- > fixed with a clamping circuit or some kind of dc restorer circuit?
- > If anyone knows the technical details of how the copy protection scheme
- > works I would be very interested.
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- Macrovision inserts very bright pulses in the vertical blank interval.
- Most VCR's use this when setting AGC video level, and get fooled into
- thinking the video levle is much brighter than the picture area really
- is. Most TV's don't. Dunno why.
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