Does anyone know of a VHS ripping utility that will get around VHS copy protection schemes? I am looking to rip my VHS copies of Star Wars to play on my DVD player as VCD. I have tried the default ATI ...

You need something to strip the macrovision signal from your VCR's output. These are harder to get in these post-DMCA days, but they're still around, often disguised as "video stabilizers". In fact a ...