Help Please - Problem with video playback MiniDV

11 May 2006 1:16 AM

RM

I haved been trying to play some one year old tapes on a Panasonic
camcorder. I am only having trouble with two tapes and they are both
JVC tapes. Other tapes are working fine. I have tried a Dynex head
cleaner but it has not fixed the problem. The tapes were not recorded
on this camcorder. They play for 5-10 seconds and then the screen
becomes striated with a few of the rows frozen while others continue to
play. The sound is also broken up.

Is there anything I can do? Can someone else play and copy these tapes
for me?

It is my daughter's one year birthday party so I am upset and would
appreciate any help or suggestions.

Thanks!

11 May 2006 8:22 AM

Mr. Tapeguy

RM wrote:
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> I haved been trying to play some one year old tapes on a Panasonic
> camcorder. I am only having trouble with two tapes and they are both
> JVC tapes. Other tapes are working fine. I have tried a Dynex head
> cleaner but it has not fixed the problem. The tapes were not recorded
> on this camcorder. They play for 5-10 seconds and then the screen
> becomes striated with a few of the rows frozen while others continue to
> play. The sound is also broken up.
>
> Is there anything I can do? Can someone else play and copy these tapes
> for me?
>
> It is my daughter's one year birthday party so I am upset and would
> appreciate any help or suggestions.
>

The first thing I would try to do is see if the tapes will play back on
another machine...if you have access to the one you recorded them with,
all the better.

Alternatively, if you don't have another machine, someone else might be
able to get better playback on theirs. Regardless, another machine is
definitely where I would start.

Hope that helps.

Craig

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11 May 2006 3:09 PM

PTravel

"RM" <rh***@themccalls.com> wrote in message
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>I haved been trying to play some one year old tapes on a Panasonic
> camcorder. I am only having trouble with two tapes and they are both
> JVC tapes. Other tapes are working fine. I have tried a Dynex head
> cleaner but it has not fixed the problem. The tapes were not recorded
> on this camcorder. They play for 5-10 seconds and then the screen
> becomes striated with a few of the rows frozen while others continue to
> play. The sound is also broken up.

It is possible that the camcorder on which they were recorded was not
properly aligned. Are these tapes recorded in LP or SP? Recording in LP
can exacerbate a misalignment problem.

Were all the tapes you're playing recorded on the same camcorder?

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>
> Is there anything I can do? Can someone else play and copy these tapes
> for me?
>
> It is my daughter's one year birthday party so I am upset and would
> appreciate any help or suggestions.
>
> Thanks!
>