A Video of some family memories shot on a mini DV tape broke. I'm wondering if I should try to repair this myself? or perhaps take it somewhere to get it repaired. Damn it sucks that in the electronic age our cherished memories are on a very fragile medium. Film and Photo lasts for years however!
Has Anyone Tried to Fix A Broken Mini DV Tape?
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I transferred my stuff on mini DV to my computer and sold my mini DV camcorder for $50 to a neighbour. If you still have any intact mini DV tape, my suggestion is transfer the contents to your computer.A Video of some family memories shot on a mini DV tape broke. I'm wondering if I should try to repair this myself? or perhaps take it somewhere to get it repaired. Damn it sucks that in the electronic age our cherished memories are on a very fragile medium. Film and Photo lasts for years however!
Next question: How do I digitize slides shot with the old 35mm SLR?
To fix the DV tape, I would use a small piece of scotch tape and then transfer it to a computer then to DVD. For slide to digital see below:
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There was only one review and it was really negative.
Yes, just try to get an image that is worthwhile with such a scanner.To fix the DV tape, I would use a small piece of scotch tape and then transfer it to a computer then to DVD. For slide to digital see below:
http://www.staples.ca/en/Innovative...th-Colour-Display/product_950399_2-CA_1_20001
Leave the conversion to professionals with the right equipment. And, tell them that you want a digitised image that will be capable of being blown up to 16 by 20. Expect to pay a significant sum, however. But, don't waste your time with toys.
Hopefully, that was not a pun. My experiences with inexpensive scanning equipment has been very, very frustrating. Even with an expensive $3,000 plus scanner, results depend on who is running the scanner.There was only one review and it was really negative.
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Little confused here.
Do you still have the DV camera ?
If yes, attempt to repair as mentioned above, and connect your cam to the FIREWIRE/1394 port on a computer, and use any inexpensive editing software to save as a AVI file, its already digital anyway.
I have some very old DV tapes that I recently backed up to my new computer and back up hard drive, and still work perfectly, assuming they were stored correctly.
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Little confused here.
Do you still have the DV camera ?
If yes, attempt to repair as mentioned above, and connect your cam to the FIREWIRE/1394 port on a computer, and use any inexpensive editing software to save as a AVI file, its already digital anyway.
I have some very old DV tapes that I recently backed up to my new computer and back up hard drive, and still work perfectly, assuming they were stored correctly.
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If it's just the cartridge that is broken, you could possibly attempt to fix it yourself.A Video of some family memories shot on a mini DV tape broke. I'm wondering if I should try to repair this myself? or perhaps take it somewhere to get it repaired. Damn it sucks that in the electronic age our cherished memories are on a very fragile medium. Film and Photo lasts for years however!
http://www.instructables.com/id/Salvage-a-broken-Mini-DV-tape/
If the tape itself has problematic parts, bring it to a professional and get them to cut those parts out and splice it back together.
Professionals only charge about $20 per tape. I'm not sure why you would take the risk on your family memories when the cost is so low.Thanks for all the help everyone. I'm probably going to attempt to tape it back together and then put the tape in a new cassette cartridge. Wish me luck.
Yeah I know you are right. I just feel I could do this! But that is what I said when I tried to fix my camcorder, ipod, iphone etc.!! Do you know of any place that would repair for $20? thanks.Professionals only charge about $20 per tape. I'm not sure why you would take the risk on your family memories when the cost is so low.
