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DWB · 02-15-2005, 01:37 AM

(to add to my recent camera woes)

Have you ever had your mini DV tapes be fine and all of a sudden not log into your computer right? They look garbled with serious break up in the same cam you recorded the footage in.

So I pop it in another cam and it works fine.

All my tapes are now doing this with the cam they were recorded in, but the tapes are fine in another cam.

I cleaned the heads. No dice.

Any ideas on what would cause this?

AaronM · 02-15-2005, 01:43 AM

I had the same problem. Finally just said fuck it, bought a new cam, and put the other on a shelf with the intention of having it serviced.

It's still on the shelf.

DWB · 02-15-2005, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by AaronM

I had the same problem. Finally just said fuck it, bought a new cam, and put the other on a shelf with the intention of having it serviced.

It's still on the shelf.

lol

That's one way to deal with it.

leg4 · 02-15-2005, 02:17 AM

Yes Dirty... This has happened to me a few times...

Is it canon or sony?

U have probrably put alot of head-use on them and they need more than just a cleaning.. the manufactorer does a mini-overall for about $300

xenigo · 02-15-2005, 02:17 AM

I had a garbled tape last week, it was only the first 40 seconds of footage though. Kinda fucked up the interview portion of the video. I didn't think to swap cameras, I just edited out the beginning.

Mikey_219Inc · 02-15-2005, 02:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy

(to add to my recent camera woes)

Have you ever had your mini DV tapes be fine and all of a sudden not log into your computer right? They look garbled with serious break up in the same cam you recorded the footage in.

So I pop it in another cam and it works fine.

All my tapes are now doing this with the cam they were recorded in, but the tapes are fine in another cam.

I cleaned the heads. No dice.

Any ideas on what would cause this?

yea heads are bad needs to be serviced ... i had this happen on a new gl2 something was wrong with it from the start - cleaning heads would fix it for a while, but ultimately heads needed repair or replacement - it was under warranty so canon fixed it and paid for shipping bada bing works great now.

careful recording on that cam - soon it will record all fucked up and you will lose a scene ...

Big Red Machine · 02-15-2005, 02:32 AM

We had that happen as well ,the guy at the camera store said to not only use the head cleaner in play mode but also in rec mode. Also suggested to buy a deck for the computer so you can put the mini DV in that instead of putting more wear on the camera.....hope this helps

02-15-2005, 01:37 AM	#1
DWB Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Encrypted. Access denied. Posts: 31,779	Garbled DV tapes? (to add to my recent camera woes) Have you ever had your mini DV tapes be fine and all of a sudden not log into your computer right? They look garbled with serious break up in the same cam you recorded the footage in. So I pop it in another cam and it works fine. All my tapes are now doing this with the cam they were recorded in, but the tapes are fine in another cam. I cleaned the heads. No dice. Any ideas on what would cause this?

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AaronM Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: ┌∩┐ ◣_◢ ┌∩┐ Posts: 46,909	I had the same problem. Finally just said fuck it, bought a new cam, and put the other on a shelf with the intention of having it serviced. It's still on the shelf.

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xenigo Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Oakland, CA Posts: 8,067	I had a garbled tape last week, it was only the first 40 seconds of footage though. Kinda fucked up the interview portion of the video. I didn't think to swap cameras, I just edited out the beginning.