Need Help on Recording DVD

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

I'm trying to copy a homemade dvd that some of my relatives made. I have a dvd player on my computer and a stand alone dvd recorder. My dvd recorder is a Sony RDR VX515 and the computer is a Compaq Presario with Windows XP.

I bought an S-Video cable to hook my computer up to my tv so that I could re-record the dvd. However, this isn't working as planned. The dvd recorder seems to be rejecting the signal that the computer sends to it, I'm assuming some copyright bullshit. When I try to play what I recorded from the computer, it just flashes the "Error, Cannot Perform Action" symbol, and skips to the next part of the dvd. And as soon as I try to record with the S-Video unplugged from the computer, it just records a blank screen, so I know everything is plugged up and programmed correctly.

So is there anyway around this crap? I find it very weird that it won't even record me messing around on the desktop with all video and audio playing programs closed.

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[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

why not jus use a dvd recording program on your computer and jus copy the dvd and burn it from there. or do you not have a dvd burner on your computer?

 

[Tiger Bass 5,000+ posts]

No dvd recorder on computer, just a dvd player/cd burner

 

[Scoobydoo 5,000+ posts]

since the computer is hooked to the tv now just burn the image onto your hard drive and play it from there

or buy a dvd burner for your pc for $30