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Jim Justice · November 15th, 2007, 06:26 PM

Can someone enlighten me as to the ideal settings or something to turn on or off when sending an avi out to miniDV? I am trying to print a 1 hour and 40 min avi out to an 80 min DV tape in LP mode. Yeah I know,...80 min tapes...LP mode...recipe for disaster. But it shouldn't be. And its not an entire failure either, but I will get 1 or 2 hiccups on the transfer and the rest is flawless. I need an absolutely clean print. Any suggestions.
BTW...Running 7 on a P4 3.6 with 2 gig ram.

Mike Kujbida · November 15th, 2007, 07:12 PM

Recipe for disaster is right :-(
First of all, 80 min. tapes are very thin.
Secondly, you're running that tape in LP mode so the potential for dropouts is huge.
Find a way to split it into 2 sections and do print that to 2 60 min. tapes.
If it has to be that length, rent or find someone who has a deck that supports the full-size miniDV tapes.
They're available up to 276 min. long.

November 15th, 2007, 06:26 PM	#1
Jim Justice Regular Crew Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Posts: 38	Print To Tape Help. Can someone enlighten me as to the ideal settings or something to turn on or off when sending an avi out to miniDV? I am trying to print a 1 hour and 40 min avi out to an 80 min DV tape in LP mode. Yeah I know,...80 min tapes...LP mode...recipe for disaster. But it shouldn't be. And its not an entire failure either, but I will get 1 or 2 hiccups on the transfer and the rest is flawless. I need an absolutely clean print. Any suggestions. BTW...Running 7 on a P4 3.6 with 2 gig ram.

November 15th, 2007, 07:12 PM	#2
Mike Kujbida Inner Circle Join Date: May 2005 Location: Windsor, ON Canada Posts: 2,770	Recipe for disaster is right :-( First of all, 80 min. tapes are very thin. Secondly, you're running that tape in LP mode so the potential for dropouts is huge. Find a way to split it into 2 sections and do print that to 2 60 min. tapes. If it has to be that length, rent or find someone who has a deck that supports the full-size miniDV tapes. They're available up to 276 min. long.