I had blue screen on a miniDV tape. I put another tape in and rewound it. Two sections of that second tape now have blue screen (aprox 5 minutes in the middle and the last 15 minutes).
When the image plays in after the middle 5 minutes of blue I get horizontal bars showing the last image played interlaced with the recorded image.
I can record and playback on the blue sections of tape so are these sections simply blank? is it possible to record on dirty tape and for that recorded section to playback ok? If the tape was still dirty in these sections surely I would contaminate the playback heads?
The initial tape with blue screen and all other tapes playback without issues.
It's been so long since I looked at these tapes I simply can't remember if sections of the tape were left blank.
When the image plays in after the middle 5 minutes of blue I get horizontal bars showing the last image played interlaced with the recorded image.
I can record and playback on the blue sections of tape so are these sections simply blank? is it possible to record on dirty tape and for that recorded section to playback ok? If the tape was still dirty in these sections surely I would contaminate the playback heads?
The initial tape with blue screen and all other tapes playback without issues.
It's been so long since I looked at these tapes I simply can't remember if sections of the tape were left blank.