[MacDV] erasing miniDV tapes

[frank fitzpatrick]

Hi, I've looked at a lot of great ideas here. This one is probably what 
you don't want to do, But I'll put it out there anyway.
Black and Code the tape with Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, [and I 
don't know if iMovie can do this.]
I used to use bulk erase magnetizers for audio tapes at work and they 
always left residual noise behind. Black and Coding removes all video 
and sound, and timecodes the tape so you never have to worry about 
blanks in your timecode. Somebody mentioned cleaning your heads. Good 
idea, too.
Frank Fitzpatrick
On May 24, 2005, at 1:47 PM, rgb at ellerbach.com wrote:

> Any recomendations for a non-camera (bulk) tape erasing tool? When I 
> reuse
> a tape in my Canon ZR60 it often doesn't overwrite the previously 
> recorded
> scenes fully; like the write-strength of the heads isn't enough if 
> there
> is already something recorded on the tape. Weird. But maybe if the tape
> was fully erased by something better the tape could be used again? I've
> got a number of tapes where the original material isn't worth
> archiving/saving and it'd be really good if I could reliably use the 
> tape
> again.
>
> Rich
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