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
Keep in mind that as others have stated you can transplant the tape into
another shell, mini dv tape is extremely thin and fragile and great care
must be taken when working with the tape itself.
On Aug 13, 2014 9:52 AM, Jon Behrens bolex...@msn.com wrote:
No
You can take apart the tape case and
One of the conservators here and I put our heads together for the following
list.
BAVC offers re-housing of tapes per
http://www.bavc.org/preservation/transfer
Also possibly of interest
George Blood http://www.georgeblood.com/ wrote a number of video
preservation specs for library of congress
I've transplanted tape innards into a different shell, and also just replaced
the door. I can't remember if I've done either with mini-DV though. I just
looked at a tape, and it's not held together by screws, and it's not obvious
how to take it apart. It looks like there are 4 holes on the
Thanks for your advice everyone. Hopeful and much appreciated.
-Original Message-
From: Dave Tetzlaff
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 12:07 PM
To: Experimental Film Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Frameworks] Broken mini DV
I've transplanted tape innards into a different shell
