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Posted by Acurajustin1978 on 08/18/06 19:35
Jeremy Pollard wrote:
> 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.
When my cable box is turned off it still sends a black screen out. So
I'll hook up that out to the videocam's composite in- and record that.
Similar to what you're doing but I'm guessing it can wear out the
camera and tape.
I took a DV tape to Radio Shack and asked them to do their worst.
Nothing. Both of their erasers had absolutly no effect. BUT, neither
were labeled "high power" like the ones I see on ebay.
I think nothing short of an EMP from a nuclear blast is going to erase
miniDV media.
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