Hi
Does anyone know a preferably UK based reputable company repairing dv tapes or should I try doing it myself?
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Repairing mine dv tapes
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Repairing mine dv tapesHi
Does anyone know a preferably UK based reputable company repairing dv tapes or should I try doing it myself?
Re: Repairing mine dv tapesIf you can provide some additional detail of the issues it might help to better understand what you are trying to accomplish.
Sidd "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." ..... Ferris Bueller
Re: Repairing mine dv tapesAre the tapes just snapped or is there more that needs fixed?
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Re: Repairing mine dv tapesHi guys
The tape has been mangled and twisted, a small portion of the tape needs to be cut out and a spliced joint put in. It's a video of our wedding and I don't want to ruin it all together
Re: Repairing mine dv tapesI've fixed broken tapes with very small piece of scotch tape -- though I'm sure there is a better solution.
In any event, you do want to get that tape dubbed to a DVD as soon as possible. You may be able to find an online service that will do both for you. HP Envy with 2.9/4.4 ghz i7-10700 and 16 gig of RAM running Windows 11 Pro
Re: Repairing mine dv tapesI can't speak for their reputability, but I found a few here:
https://www.google.com/search?q=UK+base ... e&ie=UTF-8
Re: Repairing mine dv tapesThis is a pretty good tutorial if you want to try it yourself, you can do it
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Re: Repairing my dv tapesGreat link Chuck I'm going to have a go! I have 50 - 60 dv tapes Steve and I take your point I'll work my way through transferring them to disc. Thank you everyone for your contributions really appreciated
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With the price of Hard drives lowering I would suggest that you pick up an SSD (solid state Hard Drive) and put your files on there instead of a DVD for storage. I think that the SSD drive is a bit more stable in the long term than a DVD as well as the time factor to burm multiple DVD's from each tape. Also once the files are on the SSD you can generate multiple DVD's and or re edit footage from the drive from a centralized location. The PC industry seems to be moving away from including DVD drives on computers and I think the SSD drive might be more manageable in the long term. HD footage from a Mini DV tape is approx 13GB per hour of tape. So you are looking at about 780GB of storage for 60 tapes Sidd "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." ..... Ferris Bueller
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Just make sure to power up the drive occasionally, as SSD drives can lose their data if left unpowered for long periods of time (one to two years). EDIT: I suppose that it's not much different from mechanical drives, as they could fail if not used occasionally, too.
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