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Posted by Jeremy Pollard on 08/18/06 13:40
Acurajustin1978@hotmail.com wrote:
> I have two DV tapes here that I owuld like to use again. I have about
> 45 minutes recorded on it now, and when I go to capture it from the cam
> I would like to just have ot capture everything and at the end of the
> recording just stop - i order for that to happen the tape has to be
> blank; not just taped over. S
> I remember seeing VHS erasers, but I'm guessing those things don't work
> very well with DV. I tried using a rare earth magnet at work on a
> MiniDV and Digital8 tape - but it didn't work very well. I still saw
> garbled images when I played it back.
>
> Any suggestions?
I had the same concern but not a ton of cash to spend on some type of
bulk eraser, so I just use each tape only once and buy new tapes when I
need them. In rare situations, if I really need a blank tape and don't
have one on me (I'm not exactly close to a circuit city or best buy),
I'll just record over the tape with the lens cap on so when I'm
shooting new footage, if there is any drop-out at all, it'll be black
and not whatever other footage was on the tape previously. Although I
haven't had any problems with this technique yet, it's not my preferred
method.
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