G400 DVD playback Macrovision hack?

[Flip-Oh]

Hi there,

Is there a Macrovision hack for the regular G400? (not the marvel/g450tv/etc).
I've got my G400 hooked up to my VCR and would like to be able to watch movies without the macrovision distortion :-/

I know there was a workaround in earlier drivers and some nitwit posted it to the Matrox forums and it got fixed. I also know there are devices that solve the problem for you. But I also know that there is a fix for the videotools so it should be possible to do that for the regular drivers, right?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Greets,
Jorg

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[FM]

Hack will not halp against "macrovision distrotion", it can only remove macrovision check and message. To remove macrovision effects you need to buy a separate macrovision remover.

[Flip-Oh]

Then how come the older drivers could be tricked into removing the macrovision distortion?

Greets,
Jorg

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[FM]

This hack only removes annoying false macrovision message.

[Flip-Oh]

There is no notification message at all. I don't know what you're talking about.

The hack I was referring to is the following:
>- i start the DVDPlayer the usual way
>- then i do a PAUSE at the begining of the movie
>- I turn ON TVOUT in video settings
>- i go to Monitor setting....Adjust current display mode
>- i Click CANCEL
>- i get out of Display settings

>Et voila...

>It seems to disable TVOUT Macrovision untill next time you press PLAY on the DVDPlayer...

So my question remains:
If this was possible in the old drivers, then why can't anything be done in the new ones?

Greets,
Jorg

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[This message has been edited by Flip-Oh (edited 14 May 2001).]

[SwAmPy]

That was a bug until some idiot decided to report it on their bug forum. Ever since that day, they had to fix that and a few other bugs which let us disable macrovision.

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[Aryko]

That's why I never upgraded from the older drivers; didn't have anything I needed in the new ones.

[Flip-Oh]

Hey Swamp,

I know! (See my first post)
I just want to know if it's possible in the recent drivers as well...

Greets,
Jorg

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