pittrek said:

How ? Sorry for the offtopic, but I have a few Macrovision-protected VHS tapes which I want to digitize for myself, but I always end with an error message saying that Macrovision protected tapes cannot be transferred. I tried it with a standalone Samsung DVD recorder, and with an PC with a capture card

The standalone DVD recorders generally don't ignore the Macrovision signals, unfortunately. So it will be next to impossible to copy using that method.

Is your deck a VHS/DVD combo deal? A lot of those have had issues simply playing Macrovision tapes. I have one that has the hardest time playing Disney tapes.

But if you have a standalone VHS player, plugged into a PC capture card then it shouldn't be an issue. I personally have a hauppauge internal PCI card and have no issues with Macrovision.

A lot of people also go the ADVC110 route http://www.grassvalley.com/products/advc110