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I see purple lines in the video from my DVD player. How do I avoid Macrovision copy-protection?

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I see purple lines in the video from my DVD player. How do I avoid Macrovision copy-protection?

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If you are seeing purple lines or having problems with video signal quality from an external DVD player, VCR, or Laserdisc player, try disabling Macrovision in your bttv driver (if you have a bttv card). See http://septor.name/colby/bttv.html for information on how to do that.