Pre-recordeded VCR video tape movies to digital - copyrights.

Herb-Beck wrote on 8/22/2023, 2:41 PM

I own pre-recordeded copyrighted VCR video tape movies that I want to transfer to digital. I own the VCR tapes and have user rights to make one copy of copyrighted material for my personal viewing according to FCC and FTC rules . The question is: will "Rescue Your Videotapes" hardware and software allow me to make a personal digital MP4 copy and allow me to view it on my Windows 10 computer? This is not clear in your online documentation.

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CubeAce wrote on 8/22/2023, 3:35 PM

@Herb-Beck

Hi and welcome to the user to user forums. As such there are no Magix personnel on the forums to answer this question. Maybe another user has used this program that will know the answer but most of us here do not use Rescue Your Video Tapes so may not know.

However you could try to contact their sales team at infoservice@magix.net

Ray.

AAProds wrote on 8/22/2023, 8:42 PM

@Herb-Beck

What you're asking, in effect, is whether RYVT will defeat Macrovision. The official answer will always be "no, it cant".

Here's an interesting post from an expert on video:

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/400101-Any-cheap-VHS-to-DVD-USB-type-adapters-in-2020-that-bypasses-Macrovision#post2605884

I have the VideoEasy software but not the dongle/digitiser (RYVT consist of two components: the digitiser and the software). There's no mention in the VideoEasy/RYVT manual of macrovision-defeat.

The answer to your question, then, will probably be: "unknown". Unless someone who owns the RYVT package comes along, it might be a case of try after you buy. I think most Magix products come with a "No questions asked return" of 14 days, so you could give it a whirl and return if it doesn't work.

From a cost-benefit POV, it may be cheaper (and certainly yield better quality) to purchase the DVDs of the movies and rip them to MP4 for personal use only. 😉

Herb-Beck wrote on 9/7/2023, 12:44 PM

OK, Thank you for the response.