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Patrick Falls · January 13th, 2004, 09:50 PM

i retaped over some footage and now i'm seeing horizontal bands of the old footage playing along with the new footage. did i just screw up the camera or the tape?

can the new footage be recovered in any way?

Patrick Falls · January 13th, 2004, 10:22 PM

i went back and did some recording with the cap on and after a few minutes i then recorded over the black. everything came out fine so i'm thinking that it had to do with me recording over motion instead of a the static black. is the new information that seems to be with the old info recoverable?

Jeff Donald · January 13th, 2004, 11:06 PM

No, it sounds like you may be (have?) experienced a dirty playback/record head. The footage is possibly recorded that way, in which case there is nothing you can do to recover the footage. Try playing the tape in another DV camera or VCR. If it still plays back poorly, it was recorded that way, and your out of luck. But be sure to clean your heads and test both record and playback before using your camera again.

Rob Lohman · January 14th, 2004, 08:59 AM

Keep in mind that it is better to just use a tape once. Definitely
will avoid these kind of problems that way.

January 13th, 2004, 09:50 PM	#1
Patrick Falls Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Augusta georgia 15min. from Aiken S.Carolina and 2 hours from Atlanta Posts: 105	wth happened to my footage? i retaped over some footage and now i'm seeing horizontal bands of the old footage playing along with the new footage. did i just screw up the camera or the tape? can the new footage be recovered in any way?

January 13th, 2004, 10:22 PM	#2
Patrick Falls Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Augusta georgia 15min. from Aiken S.Carolina and 2 hours from Atlanta Posts: 105	ok i went back and did some recording with the cap on and after a few minutes i then recorded over the black. everything came out fine so i'm thinking that it had to do with me recording over motion instead of a the static black. is the new information that seems to be with the old info recoverable?

January 13th, 2004, 11:06 PM	#3
Jeff Donald Warden Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 8,287	No, it sounds like you may be (have?) experienced a dirty playback/record head. The footage is possibly recorded that way, in which case there is nothing you can do to recover the footage. Try playing the tape in another DV camera or VCR. If it still plays back poorly, it was recorded that way, and your out of luck. But be sure to clean your heads and test both record and playback before using your camera again. __________________ Jeff Donald Carpe Diem Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Where to Buy? From the best in the business: DVinfo.net sponsors

January 14th, 2004, 08:59 AM	#4
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	Keep in mind that it is better to just use a tape once. Definitely will avoid these kind of problems that way. __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors