Disabling Macrovision - AIW 8500DV

[Ralph]

I am using an All-In-Wonder 8500DV card, running Win XP Pro. What's the
best/easiest way to disable Macrovision? I have just replaced the ATI
drivers with the latest Omega drivers (v.2504) but this didn't seem to do
the trick...

 

[Kent_Diego]

I remember seeing a reference to a patch for this on the forums at:
http://rage3d.com

Please post back your results.

-Kent

 

[Ralph]

Some ppl suggest going back to earlier drivers, eg. Catalyst 2.2 and then
using the "DisableATIMacrovisionDetection.zip" utility. I have tried that
utility and it didn't work for me, possibly because it's not for XP (I have
also tried "atimacro100.zip" and "atim30s.zip" without success)
but I haven't yet tried it in conjunction with Catalyst 2.2. But it would be
a shame to have to revert to such an old driver version.

Isn't there a 3rd party driver for the card that has the Macrovision
disabled? I seem to recall that there was an Omega driver a while back that
disabled it, but it was for Win2K, so I don't know if it would work for XP.
I think I still have it somewhere though - is it safe to try installing a
W2K driver on an XP system?

 

[Kent_Diego]

The only other idea I have is to use an external "Video Stablizer" to remove
Macrovision.

-Kent

 

[Sleepy]

there's something at www.dvdidle.com that works
for me - dvd region-free

 

[J. Clarke]

there's something at www.dvdidle.com that works
for me - dvd region-free

That doesn't have anything to do with Macrovision.

 

[slippery]

I am using an All-In-Wonder 8500DV card, running Win XP Pro. What's the
best/easiest way to disable Macrovision? I have just replaced the ATI
drivers with the latest Omega drivers (v.2504) but this didn't seem to do
the trick...

the ati macrovision disable patch works on removing
macrovision into the computer, not out, something like VLC
can circumvent macrovision if you output to a tv via a vcr.
ati macro disable worked with 3.2's i stuck with them for
quite sometime with my 8500dv. i've moved up to 3.8's they
work as well. 3.10's gave crap 2d desktop interface and no
open gl so sticking with 3.8's also current omegas gave same
2d crapyness and no open gl. if the version 4 flavours sound
good i may try'em, but the system is running sweet now so no
rush.

it is a 8KB zip
DisableATIMacrovisionDetection.zip

google will find it. try dvd sites ironically

slippery

 

[Ralph]

the ati macrovision disable patch works on removing

macrovision into the computer, not out, something like VLC
can circumvent macrovision if you output to a tv via a vcr.
ati macro disable worked with 3.2's i stuck with them for
quite sometime with my 8500dv. i've moved up to 3.8's they
work as well. 3.10's gave crap 2d desktop interface and no
open gl so sticking with 3.8's also current omegas gave same
2d crapyness and no open gl. if the version 4 flavours sound
good i may try'em, but the system is running sweet now so no
rush.

it is a 8KB zip
DisableATIMacrovisionDetection.zip

google will find it. try dvd sites ironically

slippery

Thanks Slippery - I had actually tried that one before and *thought* it
didn't work...turns out I had done something silly...and now I've tried it
again and it works fine!

Just for the record, b4 I realised my mistake I also tried the Plutonium XP
8.1 drivers, which are supposed to diable Macrovision. (Had to do a Google
to find them b/c I couldn't access the download from www.driverheaven.net.)
But unfortunately the Multimedia Center wouldn't even run for me with those
drivers installed - even tried going back to an earlier version of MMC but
still no luck - so in the end I reinstalled ATI's latest (bog-standard)
driver, reapplied "DisableATIMacrovisionDetection.zip"...and hey presto, it
works fine.

Thanks to all for your help!

 

[Sleepy]

wrong - download it and have a look before you post