composite/s-video picture turns to snow

Rogue Frog · Mar 23, 2006, 11:33 PM

I'm using MMC 9.13 with an HDTV Wonder and TV Wonder Elite and hooked up a vcr/dvd player to them via composite and s-video. I can see the vcr/dvd menus okay but once I start to play a movie the image turns to snow. Anyone experienced this? I had the same setup with an AIW previously with an older MMC and didn't have this problem.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Mar 24, 2006, 03:00 PM

Out of interest does it do it if you hook up a console to the machine?

It looks like Macrovision protection to me.

Rogue Frog · Mar 24, 2006, 08:47 PM

I don't have a console to check but I do have DirecTV hooked up without any problems. My suspicion is also MacroVision but since I never saw it before with the AiW and previous MMC versions I'm not sure. I searched around but haven't seen any discussions regarding this.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Mar 24, 2006, 09:06 PM

Its probably new DVD players and whatnot.

swimtech · Mar 25, 2006, 03:19 AM

Also check that your VCR plays your previously known good tapes without going snowy - could be dirty heads on the VCR.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Mar 25, 2006, 03:25 AM

DVD's do it too so that idea seems farfetched to me.

Still worth a try though

swimtech · Mar 25, 2006, 03:29 AM

Interesting, hadn't heard of that happening with DVD recordings...

H3X4D3C1M4L · Mar 25, 2006, 03:31 AM

I think it was ver. 1 of macrovision I have an old player that I have seen do that

Mar 23, 2006, 11:33 PM	#1
Rogue Frog DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 30 Rep Power: 0	composite/s-video picture turns to snow I'm using MMC 9.13 with an HDTV Wonder and TV Wonder Elite and hooked up a vcr/dvd player to them via composite and s-video. I can see the vcr/dvd menus okay but once I start to play a movie the image turns to snow. Anyone experienced this? I had the same setup with an AIW previously with an older MMC and didn't have this problem.

Mar 25, 2006, 03:19 AM	#5
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Also check that your VCR plays your previously known good tapes without going snowy - could be dirty heads on the VCR. __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Mar 25, 2006, 03:29 AM	#7
swimtech HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 4,040 Rep Power: 124 System Specs	Interesting, hadn't heard of that happening with DVD recordings... __________________ It's not so much getting your way that matters or not - what matters is how you go about getting it.

Mar 24, 2006, 03:00 PM	#2
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Out of interest does it do it if you hook up a console to the machine? It looks like Macrovision protection to me.

Mar 24, 2006, 08:47 PM	Thread Starter #3
Rogue Frog DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 30 Rep Power: 0	I don't have a console to check but I do have DirecTV hooked up without any problems. My suspicion is also MacroVision but since I never saw it before with the AiW and previous MMC versions I'm not sure. I searched around but haven't seen any discussions regarding this.

Mar 24, 2006, 09:06 PM	#4
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Its probably new DVD players and whatnot.

Mar 25, 2006, 03:25 AM	#6
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	DVD's do it too so that idea seems farfetched to me. Still worth a try though

Mar 25, 2006, 03:31 AM	#8
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	I think it was ver. 1 of macrovision I have an old player that I have seen do that