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Lee Wm. Gaudry · June 2nd, 2005, 04:39 PM

I'm not talking about lubricant,
I need to know...
A client has given me a miniDV cassett that was flooded. It contains the only footage of his son's wedding.
Does anyone here know if recovery of the footage is possible, and if so, how, without ruining my camcorder.

Richard Alvarez · June 2nd, 2005, 04:51 PM

Google is faster than posting.

http://www.dvdinfinity.com.au/video_restoration.htm

Lee Wm. Gaudry · June 2nd, 2005, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richard Alvarez

Google is faster than posting.

http://www.dvdinfinity.com.au/video_restoration.htm

I was hoping for advice on an in-house solution,
or at least on this continent. (North America)

Patrick King · June 2nd, 2005, 05:23 PM

Lee,

Here's another repair service; Google 'mini DV tape repair' and come up with many more.

And when you decide on one, perform this as a value-added pass-through to your customer. You accept the tape from them. Then you send it to the repair/restore facility and have the repaired/restored tape sent back to you. Then you mark up the repair/restore facility cost slightly when delivering the product back to the customer. Then you get to claim 'repair/restore' on your business shingle. New profit center! Cha-ching.

Stefan Jones · June 8th, 2005, 09:09 PM

http://www.videointerchange.com/

These guys specifically mention that they specialize in flood repair...among MANY other things.

June 2nd, 2005, 04:39 PM	#1
Lee Wm. Gaudry New Boot Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 7	Wet DV tape I'm not talking about lubricant, I need to know... A client has given me a miniDV cassett that was flooded. It contains the only footage of his son's wedding. Does anyone here know if recovery of the footage is possible, and if so, how, without ruining my camcorder. __________________ Moooooo!

June 2nd, 2005, 05:23 PM	#4
Patrick King Major Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Enterprise, AL Posts: 857	Lee, Here's another repair service; Google 'mini DV tape repair' and come up with many more. And when you decide on one, perform this as a value-added pass-through to your customer. You accept the tape from them. Then you send it to the repair/restore facility and have the repaired/restored tape sent back to you. Then you mark up the repair/restore facility cost slightly when delivering the product back to the customer. Then you get to claim 'repair/restore' on your business shingle. New profit center! Cha-ching. __________________ Fear No Weevil!

June 2nd, 2005, 04:51 PM	#2
Richard Alvarez Inner Circle Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: San Mateo, CA Posts: 3,840	Google is faster than posting. http://www.dvdinfinity.com.au/video_restoration.htm

June 8th, 2005, 09:09 PM	#5
Stefan Jones New Boot Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 19	http://www.videointerchange.com/ These guys specifically mention that they specialize in flood repair...among MANY other things.