Blacking tapes

1. Thano
   Member

   
   Is blacking your DV tapes necessary :-? What is the purpose? :?
   Obviously a newby, and need to understand what it is I'm doing and what for.
   Thanks for your time and troubles.

   Posted 7 years ago #

2. svhs
   Member

   
   Blacking tapes prevents the appearance of drops, hiccups etc. during the shoot, but more important, sets the time base correctly in case it were wrong (this can happen when you put a tape in the camcorder, then eject it without having recorded anything, then you put the tape back in and record).

   Posted 7 years ago #

3. Anonymous
   

   Blacking the tape is a good idea if you want to have a continuous timecode ie. 0:00:00 -1:00:00 with no breaks.

   Posted 7 years ago #

4. svhs
   Member

   
   That's exactly what I wanted to say, but couldn't make it more simple.

   Posted 7 years ago #

5. komlor
   Member

   
   Blakin the tape will shorten the life span of your mini DV tape .

   Posted 7 years ago #

6. svhs
   Member

   

   komlor Wrote:

   Blakin the tape will shorten the life span of your mini DV tape .

   
   The recommended number of re-records to a miniDV tape is 5, everything above that number is at your own risk anyway. But most people only record once on each tape, so why should blanking be a problem?

   Posted 7 years ago #

7. komlor
   Member

   

   svhs Wrote:

   komlor Wrote:

   Blakin the tape will shorten the life span of your mini DV tape .

   
   The recommended number of re-records to a miniDV tape is 5, everything above that number is at your own risk anyway. But most people only record once on each tape, so why should blanking be a problem?

   
   
   just gining fair warning.

   Posted 7 years ago #

8. svhs
   Member

   
   Here's an article about why we should not black/strip our tapes:
   http://www.dvuser.co.uk/Main%20pages/articles%20pages/striping%20tapes.html
   Well written, but I'll stick to my beliefs for now...

   Posted 7 years ago #

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