80 minute DV tapes

[Anna Margetts]

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Anna
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Subject: 	80 minute DV tapes
Date: 	Wed, 07 May 2008 15:14:42 +0200
From: 	Paul Trilsbeek <Paul.Trilsbeek at mpi.nl>
To: 	dobeslist <dobeslist at mpi.nl>



Dear all,

Recently we received a number of DV tapes that had many errors on  
them and could not be captured properly. It turned out that all of  
them were 80 minute DV tapes, which contain a slightly thinner tape  
and are therefore more prone to errors. We recommend you not to use  
these 80 minute tapes but stick to the 60 minute ones.

As most of you already know we also recommend strongly against using  
the long play mode on DV cameras, because similar problems can occur.  
The width of the tracks that are written on the tape is reduced in  
long play mode.  Errors on the tape will have more serious  
consequences and the reduced track width may cause the tape not to  
play back properly on a different camera or player.

Best regards,

Paul


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Dr. Anna Margetts
Linguistics Program, LCL
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Monash University
Victoria 3800
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