wet lube tape OK?

[dcragoe]

I've read that it's best to use Panasonic dry lube videotape in a DVX camera. I've always used it when I've shot, and I'm up to 300 some hours now. Now I need to play back and capture some mini-cassettes that are not dry lube tape. I bought a cheap Panasonic camera just for capture but the speaker in the camera quit working, so there is no longer sound on the playback. I need sound, so I'm now wondering if I can use my DVX for this purpose.

I'd like to get some idea if running wet lube tape through my camera could cause a problem. If so, what would the problem be? What might happen? How would I know there is a problem? How likely is there to be a problem?

Thanks for your help.

 

[momentfilms]

the speaker in the camera doesn't have any effect on the sound already recorded on the tape. just capture using the cheap camera like you normally would.

 

[dcragoe]

wet lube tape is the issue - not the speaker

wet lube tape is the issue - not the speaker

I know there is sound on the tapes. The problem is I can't select which sections to capture without hearing what's on the tape. I could capture and entire 1 hour tape just to use 20 seconds, but then I'm using up a lot of space on my hard drive to store a 20 second clip.

 

[Alex H.]

I know there is sound on the tapes. The problem is I can't select which sections to capture without hearing what's on the tape. I could capture and entire 1 hour tape just to use 20 seconds, but then I'm using up a lot of space on my hard drive to store a 20 second clip.

Hook up some multi-media speakers to the headphone out of your camera.

 

[Jaimebailon]

hook your camera up to your computer and in your log and capture window there is a button that says preview in the audio section click that and you can hear it through whatever monitors(speakers) you have hooked up now if you don't have any speakers at all you have a problem

 

[dcragoe]

conventional tape versus Panasonic dry lube tape is the question

conventional tape versus Panasonic dry lube tape is the question

My cheap Panasonic camera has no headphone jack. I'm using Final Cut Express to edit. I bought the editing software roughly 2 years ago. There is no button I can see to hear the audio while in the capture mode. So I still cannot see a way to use my cheap camera since the speaker in it broke. I cannot hear anything while in the capture mode. Thus, i have no way to hear anything on my non-Panasonic tapes without running them through my DVX100A. I don't want to capture an entire 1 hour tape and then decide which sections to use in my edit. I would fill up my hard drive pretty fast doing that.

I''m surprised nobody has made any comment about my original question. Panasonic says to use their tape in the DVX, which is described as a "dry "lube tape. Most other mini-DV tapes are what is called "wet" lube tapes.

Has anybody had a problem using non-Panasonic tape in a DVX? Does it matter what type of min-DV tape you put in a DVX?

 

[jersey44habitat]

I use sony premium tapes(wet) in my dvx100b they work fine, thats the only tape ive ever used in it. I wouldnt put a dry tape in there or a diff kind of tape then sony premium.

If you mix using (recording/playback/capturing) a wetlube tape and a dry lube tape you can have problems with your heads. You might make your heads dirty and may get glitches and dropouts in your video/audio, and can ruin your heads over time so dont do it.

 

[Alex H.]

My cheap Panasonic camera has no headphone jack.

What about A/V output? Sometimes it's a 4-conductor 1/8" with a breakout cable to three RCA connectors (composite video, stereo audio). Most consumer cams have this so that cameras can be hooked up to TVs.

I''m surprised nobody has made any comment about my original question. Panasonic says to use their tape in the DVX, which is described as a "dry "lube tape. Most other mini-DV tapes are what is called "wet" lube tapes.

Actually, most other miniDV is dry. Sony is the only wet-lube that I know of. Fuji, TDK, Maxxell, and Panasonic are all dry. And while you might not see advers effects from using the other type of tape once or twice, it can accumulate over time.

Has anybody had a problem using non-Panasonic tape in a DVX? Does it matter what type of min-DV tape you put in a DVX?

I don't use Panasonic in my DVX-100a. I'm a Fuji guy, never had problems. I have used Maxxell and TDK before when they were all that was available, but I generally stick with Fuji. I use Sony DVCAM stock for mastering.