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JHBrandt:
Quote from: julesism on May 18, 2012, 09:51:24 AM
sorry this is late. I recorded the game but I can't figure out how to get around the copy once flag that TWC puts on most of it's content. If I can break it, I can share it with you.
Another thread recently mentioned a device by Sima called the CopyThis, which removes Macrovision from an analog (composite video) signal so it can be recorded. You might try Googling for it. But it's been hard to find since Macrovision sued Sima and the two reached a settlement pending appeal (https://www.eff.org/cases/macrovision-v-sima).
julesism:
I no longer own a VCR and have never owned a DVD recorder :) Long story short, the recording is a file sitting on my PC. I can watch it on my PC or any of my media extenders (xbox 360's). If I record a program from FiOS, there are no copy flags. I could convert the file to many formats and distribute it in many ways. Content from TWC has a copy-once flag.
JHB, I thought you had a HDHomeRun OTA unit?
JHBrandt:
Not an HDHomeRun. I have the Channel Master CM-7000PAL (which is really a rebranded Echostar) OTA DVR. (I also have Dish Network satellite service but, the DVR is OTA only.)
If the recording is on your PC it's probably encrypted with some DRM scheme. Your best hope is probably to play the recording in full-screen mode and re-record it with a video camera aimed at the monitor :P Resulting PQ won't be great but it's either that or lend out your PC :(
shadough:
So uploading the file to 4shared wouldn't work?
JHBrandt:
Unlikely, but even if uploading the file worked, I doubt a public file-sharing site would accept anything that might infringe someone's copyright.
Since The Texas Channel is on TWC, and TWC sets the copy-once flag, it seems the only ways to record a show for someone else's use would be either to make an analog recording (stripping Macrovision if necessary), or for the OP to lend a laptop to someone with TWC. The file would have to be played back on the same device that recorded it.
DRM sucks, but that's the world we live in.
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