Posted by theDVshow on 08/25/07 03:43

The only reason for blacking tapes was for a continuous control track
on the master tape for linear editing. Not needed with non-linear
editing software.

I don't recommend blacking miniDV tapes, particularly consumer grade,
because blacking is recording and puts double the wear on the tape and
your camcorder, Micro-slippage can still cause time code breaks and
the extra time that you use blacking a tape could be spent in more
important prep.

brian
thedvshow.com

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