video camera tape problem

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he posts them to New Zealand. It will be there that they get editted. I was originally trying to find out what had caused the degredation in quality, to let him know how to store magnetic media.

Thanks again

Dave

Doesn't sound like any tape problem I've ever seen - more like a faulty transfer.

You can't do much correction on something which originated in composite video.

I think so too. Think about how the data is recoded on the tape.

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Just wondering how this would manifest. I presume that the brightness and colour balance are encoded in such a way that they can't be affected without also affecting the other content as well?

I also noted "It should be noted that some Hi8 VCRs (including the Sony EV-S3000 and EV-S7000) had the option of adding digital noise reduction (DNR) by applying a digital comb filter. These VCRs also included a Time Base Corrector (TBC), which created a more stable image than playing through a camcorder. The resultant video image produced by using DNR and/or a TBC is different from playing through a Hi8 camcorder lacking these features. The effect of the playback device on the image quality may be a consideration for those transferring Hi8 footage to digital (i.e., a computer or MiniDV) for archival purposes."

So presumably this is the kind of technology the OP is paying the transfer service for. Assuming also that this can be applied to the analogue Video 8 on playback.

Just idle curiosity :-)

Dave R

Old tapes usually suffer from some form of oxide shedding first which results in clogged heads on the playback machine. Usually starting to show as dropouts. If some form of component recording - ie luminance and colour signal(s) recorded separately, it could show in other ways.

You'd normally just clean the heads and go back a bit on the tape, then edit out the faults on the subsequent recording. Perhaps many many times with a poor tape. Which would be pretty expensive to have done.

The person that transferred the other 3 video tapes made a good job of a badly made video to DVD. Are you sure that it was a bad transfer before I ask him to try again?

I didn't think you could. Son did a lot of video editing, but that was from good footage using Adobe Premier.

Thanks

Dave

My stance was think about how easy it could be to corrupt that data with poor storage. The other 3 tapes that successfully transferred were kept in a garage since the mid eighties. The storage location of the last tape is unknown.

Thanks anyway

Dave

I suppose watching the original on a VHS machine is out of the question?

There are freeware progs you could try e.g.

Are you certain the original tape was recorded without faults?

I do quite a bit of 1/4" tape transfers, and it's common to to be told the original was perfect - when in fact it's been recorded at too low a level and is covered in hum and hiss. I've also been asked why my transfer is in mono - when the original was too. ;-) The memory is a fickle thing.

Unfortunately, the memory does not come into this equation. The tapes have been in storage since the early eighties and never viewed since, until I got them transferred to DVD. The camera work is crap, but 3 of the films have produced editable history of his g children. It's just the fourth that was such a let down by poor brightness and the bad colour casts.

The owner is going to scour his collection cupboards and see if he can come up with the vital camera interface, to see if I can get a better copy of the video.

Many thanks for your input

Dave

Some sinning took place.

No I'll leave that in :-)

Some snipping took place.

Six months ago, I said to the owner that I would look for a carrier to make it compatible to VHS, but there is nothing about.

Thanks

Dave

I don't *think* video 8 can be played on a VHS. Totally different format. There was a small VHS tape - C? - which could by using a mechanical adaptor.

Correct. You can play Video 8 on Hi8 and some (but not all) D8 camcorders.

Yes. This was VHS-C.