[MacDV] erasing miniDV tapes

[rgb at ellerbach.com]

On Wed, May 25, 2005 1:07 am, Brett Conlon said:
> Wow, that sounds very strange that your camera can't write over a
> previously used tape. That means if you were to use an old tape to record
> new footage you'd get bits of the old footage within it?
>

It writes over it (mostly) but every once and awhile there are parts
(usually near the beginning of the recording) where absolutely clean
recording doesn't happen.

The trouble is I never know when that will be :-(

> ... makes it more expensive for you, eh?

If I only ever use the tape once, yes, it does start to add up.

Rich