Longer Duration Tapes?

Marco Wagner · May 12th, 2008, 01:07 PM

I need a miniDV tape that is longer than 85 minutes. Anyone out there know a good place or do they even exist?

Bill Pryor · May 12th, 2008, 01:11 PM

They don't exist, as far as I know.

Chris Medico · May 12th, 2008, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marco Wagner

I need a miniDV tape that is longer than 85 minutes. Anyone out there know a good place or do they even exist?

They don't exist in the miniDV formfactor. You can store lots more time on a standard DV cassette but that would require a different recorder.

Depending on your applicaiton you might be able to rent a Firestore or nNovia type DVR to get the longer record times you need. You could export the footage back out to tape from your edit system for an archive.

Marco Wagner · May 12th, 2008, 01:50 PM

Thanks y'all. I just need to get 1:31:09 onto a miniDV tape from Premiere timeline...looks like dual layer DVD will be the solution.

Edward Phillips · May 13th, 2008, 12:18 PM

You could output LP if MiniDV is the only option. I did that for a two hour film to play at a film festival since they didn't accept DVDs. It worked out very well.

Nate Haustein · May 16th, 2008, 07:48 AM

Used an 80 minute tape on LP last night. 2 hour runtime total. Seemed to work... :)

Marco Wagner · May 16th, 2008, 06:08 PM

yup, I did that wednesday night and it worked like a charm!!!

May 12th, 2008, 01:07 PM	#1
Marco Wagner Trustee Join Date: May 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,011	Longer Duration Tapes? I need a miniDV tape that is longer than 85 minutes. Anyone out there know a good place or do they even exist? __________________ timelakefilms.com

May 12th, 2008, 01:50 PM	#4
Marco Wagner Trustee Join Date: May 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,011	Thanks y'all. I just need to get 1:31:09 onto a miniDV tape from Premiere timeline...looks like dual layer DVD will be the solution. __________________ timelakefilms.com

May 13th, 2008, 12:18 PM	#5
Edward Phillips Regular Crew Join Date: May 2008 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 56	Longer Duration Tapes You could output LP if MiniDV is the only option. I did that for a two hour film to play at a film festival since they didn't accept DVDs. It worked out very well.

May 16th, 2008, 06:08 PM	#7
Marco Wagner Trustee Join Date: May 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 1,011	Thanks all yup, I did that wednesday night and it worked like a charm!!! __________________ timelakefilms.com

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

May 12th, 2008, 01:11 PM	#2
Bill Pryor Contributor Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 3,307	They don't exist, as far as I know.

May 16th, 2008, 07:48 AM	#6
Nate Haustein Regular Crew Join Date: May 2007 Location: Red Wing, MN Posts: 80	Used an 80 minute tape on LP last night. 2 hour runtime total. Seemed to work... :)