Video editing & OT by now...

[Claude Jones]

On Fri April 14 2006 12:14 am, Gene Heskett wrote:
> the bvu-800 already has it set right so the head switch is
> about 1 to 2 lines into the vertical interval.  If you are seeing the
> switchpoint, its the src tape thats out of time when it was recorded.  
> That switchpoint is controlled during the record process, not the
> playback.
>

I sort of suspected bad tapes, but I go back and forth since I seem to see so 
many tapes with the head switching artifacts. I've gotten used to dealing 
with it, so it's sort of part of the process of using the legacy footage - I 
hardly think about it anymore...

> However, I expect by now that thing is probably due for a complete
> loading ring rebuild with all new stuff from those white nylon rollers
> on up.  Not to mention the loading arm that pulls the tape out of the
> cartridge is probably fubar too.

It's been in the shop several times in the past 7 years. I probably use it no 
more than 10-20 times a year, now. I'm waiting for it to die - I've told 
powers that be to give me the means to pick up a 9850 with low hours, but, 
such requests are usually ignored in the absence of clear need. I'm sure the 
thing will come up dead some day, at the moment we really need it - around 
here, there's no one left who'll even work on it, so when it goes, it will be 
truly gone. 
-- 
Claude Jones
Bluemont, VA, USA