Transfer of VHS tapes to Archos 605

[PeteRooney]

Good morning.
Not sure if I've asked this before, but I'm trying to back up some original VHS tapes to my Archos 605 WiFi via a docking station connected to my TV/VHS player. I can record the VHS output to the Archos fine, and play it back there, but can't transfer the resulting AVI to any other device, be it a PC or the other household 605 as you can only play back Archos AVIs on the specific one on which they were recorded -VLC media player only plays back the audio, VirtualDub displayd "Copy protected file" and so on.
Can anyone offer any advice - please note, I own all the original VHS tapes I wish to transfer, i just want to be a bit more flexible about what i do with the resulting files - for example, if my Archos went belly up, the AVIs would be useless as they would need that specific Archos to play back on.
Thanks in advance

[CWR03]

If this thread (http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31187) is correct, the problem is the Macrovision, which the Archos disables to get a clear image, but protects the file afterward. Try a tape from a camcorder or something not commercial and see if your files can be transfered to PC, and if so you can just use a device inline to the Archos that removes the Macrovision while recording.

[PeteRooney]

This makes sense - thank you - now I just have to figure out where to obtain such a "device"..!

[CWR03]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=macrovision+eliminator+vhs

[PeteRooney]

Ta! :)