NEED HELP! Question about salvaging bad tape.

logan3000

logan3000

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I have a tape which has glitches all throughout. The client who hired (it was his camera) me wants me to go ahead and run the tapes onto a hard drive. My question is whether or not this will damage the heads on my playback deck.
 
i had the same problem about a month ago. i shot something then when i took it home to my download cam (not my shooting cam) it created a lot of glitches due the heads getting misaligned over time and usage. i bought a new down load cam the tape played it still had the glitches but new cam is fine the footage was at a loss but the tape wont damage the heads i hope that answers your question. when your done i would run a tape cleaner thru you download cam just incase.
 
In many cases it can help to capture using the cam that the tape was shot in. Give that a try if you can! This eliminates issues of alignment differences betweren the shooting cam and capture cam.

If that doesn't work, a good professional deck (if that's not what you're using) is sometimes able to read tapes a little better than a camera can....
 
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