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Ok, whenever I first got my camcorder like 2 years ago, I tested it out and recaorded a bunch of stupid stuff, and it takes up like half of the tape, can you tell me how to get it off without buying more tapes?
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Well, these 2 _might_ work - but might take a long time.
Place it on a large magnet (back of a speaker) and leave it for a bit, moving it around occasionally in various directions.
An A/C transformer would probably work ever better (you have to move it around on it also.)
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If you know anyone at a TV station or that works in a large computer room, ask them to run their tape degausser on it.
It's a large A/C transformer / magnet that's designed for just that.
It'll erase it in a second and it'll act brand new.
To make it look semi-blank.
Rewind it all of the way. Put the lens cap on the recorder (or a substitute) and record nothing at a different speed than the tape was originally recorded at.
That way if there's anything left (even that little bit at that front of the tape that you can never seem to get of), you probably won't be able to see it because takes a second or two to figure out the speed.
In the future, start and run for about 10 seconds with the lens cap on. This gets you a clean intro, and will result in better tapes because the beginning of the tape usually gets bad first due to various factors.
It's written and read to more then the rest of the tape.
The beginning of the tape is not shielded from outside elements as well as tape which is not in the top layer (by released the cartridge catch you can see and touch the first little bit).
All the starting and rewinding can over time stretch that part of the tape.
Well, these 2 _might_ work - but might take a long time.
Place it on a large magnet (back of a speaker) and leave it for a bit, moving it around occasionally in various directions.
An A/C transformer would probably work ever better (you have to move it around on it also.)
---------------
If you know anyone at a TV station or that works in a large computer room, ask them to run their tape degausser on it.
It's a large A/C transformer / magnet that's designed for just that.
It'll erase it in a second and it'll act brand new.
To make it look semi-blank.
Rewind it all of the way. Put the lens cap on the recorder (or a substitute) and record nothing at a different speed than the tape was originally recorded at.
That way if there's anything left (even that little bit at that front of the tape that you can never seem to get of), you probably won't be able to see it because takes a second or two to figure out the speed.
In the future, start and run for about 10 seconds with the lens cap on. This gets you a clean intro, and will result in better tapes because the beginning of the tape usually gets bad first due to various factors.
It's written and read to more then the rest of the tape.
The beginning of the tape is not shielded from outside elements as well as tape which is not in the top layer (by released the cartridge catch you can see and touch the first little bit).
All the starting and rewinding can over time stretch that part of the tape.
Suggest a software for transfering videos from sony mini dv handycam to a laptop?
Philips A
Answer
To which laptop?
MiniDV camcorders allow computers to import high quality DV format video by connecting the camcorder's DV port to the computer's firewire port using a firewire cable. USB won't work. In the extremely remote event you can get USB streaming working, the video will be very compressed and not high quality DV.
If your laptop does not have a firewire port, hopefully it has an available expansion slot (PCMCIA or ExpressCard) so you can add one. If you cannot add a foirewire port to your computer and you cannot use a computer that has a working firewire port, your other option is to import analog video through a "capture card" or analog-digital converter like those from Pinnacle (Dazzle).
In the Windows XP (SP2) or newer, including Vista, MovieMaker is bundled. It can deal with importing video from a miniDV tape based camcorder over firewire. Sometimes it burps - WinDV has worked where MovieMaker could not. No version of MovieMaker can handle HDV format video. Sony Vegas and Adobe Premiere always float to the top for HDV format video editing.
For Apple Macintosh OS 9.2 or newer (including OSX), iMovie is bundled. The new MacBooks and MacBook Air have no firewire port and there's no expansion slot to add one. ALL other Macs made in the last 10+ years have a firewire port. iMovieHD 05 was the first version to handle HDV. The current version is iMovie '09.
In this context, Firewire, IEEE1394, DV and i.LINK are all the same thing.
Which Sony Handycam?
Handycam is Sony's brand name for ALL their consumer camcorders. In the miniDV tape environment, this includes camcorders that capture standard definition only (the DCR-HC series) and high definition (HDR-HC series).
To which laptop?
MiniDV camcorders allow computers to import high quality DV format video by connecting the camcorder's DV port to the computer's firewire port using a firewire cable. USB won't work. In the extremely remote event you can get USB streaming working, the video will be very compressed and not high quality DV.
If your laptop does not have a firewire port, hopefully it has an available expansion slot (PCMCIA or ExpressCard) so you can add one. If you cannot add a foirewire port to your computer and you cannot use a computer that has a working firewire port, your other option is to import analog video through a "capture card" or analog-digital converter like those from Pinnacle (Dazzle).
In the Windows XP (SP2) or newer, including Vista, MovieMaker is bundled. It can deal with importing video from a miniDV tape based camcorder over firewire. Sometimes it burps - WinDV has worked where MovieMaker could not. No version of MovieMaker can handle HDV format video. Sony Vegas and Adobe Premiere always float to the top for HDV format video editing.
For Apple Macintosh OS 9.2 or newer (including OSX), iMovie is bundled. The new MacBooks and MacBook Air have no firewire port and there's no expansion slot to add one. ALL other Macs made in the last 10+ years have a firewire port. iMovieHD 05 was the first version to handle HDV. The current version is iMovie '09.
In this context, Firewire, IEEE1394, DV and i.LINK are all the same thing.
Which Sony Handycam?
Handycam is Sony's brand name for ALL their consumer camcorders. In the miniDV tape environment, this includes camcorders that capture standard definition only (the DCR-HC series) and high definition (HDR-HC series).
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