Help! Camera sais 'Mode Changing' on a recorded tape.

Jiri Bakala · December 28th, 2005, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Diogo Athouguia

That's why it's always good to record 30 min of bars

That would be of course 30 seconds... :-)

Diogo Athouguia · December 28th, 2005, 12:05 PM

lol... yes, of course!

Marc Colemont · January 3rd, 2006, 06:03 PM

JVC tech support confirmed I was using the right type of DV tapes and suggested to clean my heads (new camera???), and then try again.
So far so good now, taped 3 hours without problems.

Diogo Athouguia · January 4th, 2006, 01:38 PM

New cameras may also need a heads cleaning, that is not unusual. By the way, which tapes are you using?

Greg Boston · January 4th, 2006, 02:14 PM

This has been addressed before with other cameras. The FIRST TAPE to stick in your brand new camera should be a head cleaning tape! Then, use whatever the manufacturer recommends and try to stick with the same tape stock.

Sorry you lost that footage. I was fortunate enough on one of my new (SD) cameras to only get a 'clean heads' error during the third tape I put in it but no loss of video. But I did stop recording immediately until running a head cleaner through the camera. Many of the SD cameras from different manufacturers have exhibited this phenomenon. Apparently it's a bigger problem with HDV type footage due to GOP compression, etc.

Please keep us posted on this issue.

regards,

-gb-

Marc Colemont · January 5th, 2006, 04:15 AM

Diogo:
I currently use the Panasonic AY-DVM63MQ.

Greg:
Well it did scare the hell out of me. My hart stood still watching the 'mode changing' after 12 min of good footage. I couldn't believe what happened. In 15 years this never happened to me. After using the cleaning tape a few days ago, it seems to be solved yes.
The customer is luckly very satisfied with the edited end result. But he mentioned he missed 1/4th of the show... and in fact it was the best part of the show...
I explained him what happened and showed him the tape, now he felt sorry for me instead...
I good relation with your customer sometimes is worth Gold.

December 28th, 2005, 12:05 PM	#17
Diogo Athouguia Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Portugal Posts: 282	lol... yes, of course!

January 3rd, 2006, 06:03 PM	#18
Marc Colemont Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 695	JVC tech support confirmed I was using the right type of DV tapes and suggested to clean my heads (new camera???), and then try again. So far so good now, taped 3 hours without problems.

January 4th, 2006, 01:38 PM	#19
Diogo Athouguia Major Player Join Date: May 2005 Location: Portugal Posts: 282	New cameras may also need a heads cleaning, that is not unusual. By the way, which tapes are you using?

January 4th, 2006, 02:14 PM	#20
Greg Boston Wrangler Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: DFW area, TX Posts: 6,117 Images: 1	This has been addressed before with other cameras. The FIRST TAPE to stick in your brand new camera should be a head cleaning tape! Then, use whatever the manufacturer recommends and try to stick with the same tape stock. Sorry you lost that footage. I was fortunate enough on one of my new (SD) cameras to only get a 'clean heads' error during the third tape I put in it but no loss of video. But I did stop recording immediately until running a head cleaner through the camera. Many of the SD cameras from different manufacturers have exhibited this phenomenon. Apparently it's a bigger problem with HDV type footage due to GOP compression, etc. Please keep us posted on this issue. regards, -gb-

January 5th, 2006, 04:15 AM	#21
Marc Colemont Major Player Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Belgium Posts: 695	Diogo: I currently use the Panasonic AY-DVM63MQ. Greg: Well it did scare the hell out of me. My hart stood still watching the 'mode changing' after 12 min of good footage. I couldn't believe what happened. In 15 years this never happened to me. After using the cleaning tape a few days ago, it seems to be solved yes. The customer is luckly very satisfied with the edited end result. But he mentioned he missed 1/4th of the show... and in fact it was the best part of the show... I explained him what happened and showed him the tape, now he felt sorry for me instead... I good relation with your customer sometimes is worth Gold.