Re: Help with Video Overlay Card??

[Dave Morrison <deth@magna.com.au>]

Randy Shackelford wrote:

> In article <3419E473.7B015402@magna.com.au>,
> Dave Morrison  <deth@magna.com.au> wrote:
> >I'm trying to get this Apple ][ video overlay card working that I
> >picked up the other day.
> >
> >Outputting from the gs to the video recorder/TV is great. Works
> >perfectly. The problem is the video coming back into the gs.
> >
> >What I get is the image from the video popping up on the gs screen for
> >a fraction of a second, disappears for a couple of seconds, then pops
> >up on the screen again, disappears and so forth.
> >
> >Does anyone have any ideas on what the problem may be?? Thanks for any
> >help :-)
>
> My first guess is that your video source has macrovision copy protection.
> That's the behavior you get when you try to run video between VCRs while
> playing a protected tape. My VOCs have never done anything of the sort at
> any other time.
> --
> Randy Shackelford
> shack@frii.com


Thanks for the suggestion but it doesnt seem to matter what video or video
recorder is used :-(

Dave