Saving Yourself A Shitload of Money by Never
Buying Another Video Again
By m0nkeyb0y
Written July 8, 1999
First off, what I'm about to talk about is for those
of you in professions involving video editing and the like.
If you exploit the information I disclose for less than legal
purposes, I am NOT responsible in any way, shape, or form.
May be void in Tennesee, odds in winning 1 in 4.5 billion.
-----Begin background info-----
So I have nothing to do one night becase all my
friends are gone. Also my parents had just gotten home from a
week outta town. My Mom, having not seen me in a while,
suggested we rent a movie. Keen on this idea I agreed, and
we got "Enemy of the State" with Will Smith and Gene Hackman.
It was a quality flick, and after view I decided I wanted a
copy. I had had friends dub me tapes before, but since this was
a new release, and needed to return it the next night, I would
have to time to do it between the next day (when I was at work).
So after my Mom goes to bed, I get ready to dub it. But I had
some problems setting it up, and I figured if I did, others
would. So I write this to help those who can't help themselves.
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* !What you need! *
1) VCR's (or VHS camcorders) [2]
2) RCA cables with three male ends on each end [1]
3) Blank Tape
4) Target tape (not from a video rental store, that's wrong)
5) Liquid refreshment (not alcoholic, you'll fuck it up!)
6) Half a brain
* Optional equiptment *
1) A 2nd RCA cable
2) A TV
3) A Sync corrector for copy protected tapes (More later)
INSTRUCTIONS: The basic setup will be that one VCR records while
the other plays. The first thing to do is mentally
(or physically if you are a retard) decide which
VCR is gonna be OUTPUT (Play) and which will be
INPUT (Record). Once you do that, take the first
RCA cable and connect the set on one end to the
"OUT" set on the OUTPUT VCR. Make Sure the colors
match. The color scheme is thus...
YELLOW = VIDEO SIGNAL
RED = RIGHT STEREO CHANNEL
WHITE = LEFT STEREO CHANNEL
If the VCRs you are using only have two outlets in
the back for RCA cables, then the VCR is MONO
(one audio channel) not STEREO (two audio
channels). "But what if one is stereo and one is
mono?" you ask! No problem. Use a regular stereo
cable and connect it properly to the stereo unit.
on the MONO VCR, connect the video as usual, and
connect the WHITE (LEFT CHANNEL) of the audio to
the audio input. Check the useless diag below...
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Click Here For a peak at the diagram
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Now you wanna make sure that the VCRs each are
tuned to the correct channel (usually 3 or 4)
Per the specs in your VCR's manual (you saved the
manual, right?). There might me a very small
switch on the back of each that will toggle
between channel 3 and 4. Set BOTH to 3.
Now you have the basic setup! Press PLAY and
RECORD respectful to the VCR's job and you are
set! Now, if you wanna watch the video while you
dub, you need to take that optional second RCA
cable and connect it from the unused OUTPUT
on the INPUT VCR, to your TV's INPUT. Now you
can watch. Now if you go to watch the copy later,
and it looks fuzzy and the colors are off, then
the master tape had copy protection on it!
Yell "FUCK" really loudly if this is the case.
You can get equiptment that will correct this.
All copy protection is, is a system that scrambles
the sync of the tape to the VCR's output, or some
shit like that. You can get something that will
correct the sync between the two VCRs, but that'll
set you back some cash. In that case you will need
a minimum of two cables! Questions? Comments?
Email m0nkey@addicts.org
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Sh0uts to: The WraithTech Posse, esp. Goldeneye and Aftermath;
everyone from the phoneloser discussion list, RBCP & Zak (you
corrupted me you bastards! cactus); Displacer; TheCore; Oddman;
Alden; anyone I should be giving props to:
Supa-FuX0rz go to Pest on #tomgreenshow; Compudroid (an enemy
of the list is an enemy of mine!); JP from AntiOnline (You DICK!)
; and those various folks I've forgotten. Cancer of the wrist on
all of you.
--Brendan