Posted by PTravel on 01/12/42 11:52

"Martin Heffels" <youwishyouwouldknow@nottellinya.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:55:59 GMT, "PTravel" <ptravel@travelersvideo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>Drop out on
>>miniDV isn't the result of read errors, but of magnetic media flaking off
>>the binder and leaving an empty spot with no data.
>
> Not only that. Those magnetic media fly around inside the deck as well,
> and
> can temporarily cause a read-error. Sometimes when you capture a second
> time, the drop-out is gone.

If the dropout is gone the second time, it's because the data is lining up
on the tape differently and in such a way that there's enough data for the
ECC to do tis work.


>
> cheers
>
> -martin-
> --
> "If he can he'll smile 'cos he's a Royal Crocodile."

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