MiniDV Tape Error

Just a kinda cool error my camera had when we were filming one of the explosions from another video. You can see that it is showing some of what i was filming and some of what was previously on the tape i was filming over.

Here is the video this is in:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=aHwFCpW-poI

Lucky it wasent anything important. :D
Enjoy :)

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• mini
• DV
• tape
• error
• skylinerspeeder
• adam
• findlay
• video
• camera
• funny
• explosions
• camcorder
• panasonic
• NV

[skylinerspeeder]

Ye I rarely get the problem. It was just a JVC tape. I think it probably was dirty heads, anyway i broke my camera (dropped it off a roof, don't ask :\ ) so its fine now :)

[SebiStudios2]

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[weeardguy]

@SoadJonny If the heads are just dirty: yes: sometimes somewhere a bit (or something... just a guess) gets lost in playback: I recently had a recording that suddenly started to emit very strange noise on only the left channel: As I didn't knew if it was a problem on the computer or that the source already messed up, I stopped playback, rewound the tape, and started playback again, and the video just played without errors in sound or image. It just went wrong on the camera somewhere...

[SoadJonny]

can you fix these recordings ? or are they just lost ?

[BIASpotter]

i had this problem earlier with sony premium tapes...

its frustrating when you record somthing you always wanted to see but this happened =/

[dickcheney6]

several possibilities

1. the inside of your camera needs cleaning

2. your tape is screwed up-old, well-worn tapes may be stretched or scrunched (which would cause the sound to "flutter" as well as weird picture issues) or have scratches on the recording surface

3.your camera's erase head is not working- there is a seperate head that erases the original recording from the tape during recording if you're "taping over" something. When it does not work, you see something like that

[jacksonskates10]

thats dirty heads

[p3t3r101]

lol

[hootyhaha]

Recently I've had the worst trouble with Panasonic AY-DVM63AMQ tapes, they constanly have digital drop out and dropped audio.

[hootyhaha]

That's the result of a few possibilties:

Dirty tape heads , get a tape cleaner and use it frequently.

Sony tapes from normal stores are awful.

Using different tapes from different companies in one camera will screw up the tape heads. If you've done that before clean the camera heads several times and then stick to one brand.

Try only ordering professional tapes from CANNON, JVC, or other brands.