fresh copy of bad tape doesn't capture either

Continuing with an earlier query, I'm trying to salvage the content of a tape that suffered picture breakup and broken timecode due to a problem with the camera's record heads. I thought that by making a 1:1 copy onto a black encoded tape (from camera to tape deck), I would benefit from newly generated time codes, which I could then capture. Instead, the copy has taken all the bad information off the original tape -- including the original time codes and their breaks!

How can I copy the picture information only, laying it on to a tape with new and continuous time codes?

> How can I copy the picture information only, laying it on to a tape with new and continuous time
> codes?

What exactly did you use to hook up the camera with the deck?

Unless you were doing it wrong (eg. trying to match the timecode of the dub to the original), if the digital dub still doesn't work, then you'll have to use an analog path, like component cables (as strypes had recommended before). You'll suffer a generation loss.

And you've already tried my earliest suggestion -- checking for LP mode?


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Yes, I appear to have recorded the copy in LP mode, and I also connected the devices via fire wire connector at both ends. if I go component out (from the deck), may I use a 6-pt. adapter to go into the G5's fire wire port? I don't know any other way to capture media into this computer (but can switch to a Mac Pro if necessary)... Many thanks for your insights and help.

I'm assuming this is DV. LP mode in DV is very hit-and-miss. The best chance you have is using the camera that had shot the footage in the first place. And even with component cables, I wouldn't suggest trying to capture the tape directly. Dub the tape to a new tape and use the component cables to transfer the video signal.

Never, ever, ever use LP mode for anything. The risk of damaged master footage is not worth the savings of two extra DV tapes needed to record in SP mode -- $4 apiece.


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