HDV tape not playing properly!
by Ray Lane
on
Jul 2, 2009 at 7:56:58 am
Hi All,
I shot a local business profile today, and when I got back and began to play back the tape, nothing is there for the first 7 minutes. I noticed that if I hit 'stop' during that forst 7 minutes, the timecode will appear. However, if I hit play, the timecode does not change until I hit 'stop' again. Also, I see no image, just a blue screen. Occasionally, an image from the shoot will appear, but then go back to blue.
Does anyone have any idea how I could recover this footage?
Re: HDV tape not playing properly! by Ray Lane on Jul 2, 2009 at 5:08:48 pm
No, It's definitely something with that tape itself. In fact, during those first part of the tape, if I lift the tape guard, I can see that the mylar looks wrong (crinckled at the bottom).
I did do a cleaning just in case, but no luck. At about the seven minute mark, it plays and captures fine.
Re: HDV tape not playing properly! by Brian Louis on Jul 2, 2009 at 6:33:33 pm
[Ray Lane]"I can see that the mylar looks wrong (crinckled at the bottom)."
Its quite possible part of the tape was skewed to start with and recorded off center and when rewound came back into alignment, this can happen in shipment or storage where part of the tape is packed to one side, also possible there was something on the capstan or pinch roller, or one of the tape guides, retensioning new tapes prior to use can take care of most problems like this.
