No You can take apart the tape case and remove the insides and install them into a another mini DV tape case that does not have a cracked part.
I did this once years ago with a Beta SP tape that had a similar issue Hope this helps JB Sent from my iPhone On Aug 13, 2014, at 9:36 AM, "Gene Youngblood" <ato...@comcast.net> wrote: > Friends, > I have discovered that a mini-DV of an interview we did with George Kuchar is > broken. The “door” on the cassette that opens so the tape can thread is > cracked and loose. I assume that means the tape is lost, right? > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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