Shipping DVCPro Tape at DVinfo.net

Barry Gribble · September 15th, 2006, 07:39 AM

Hey all,

I have to ship a set of DVCPro50 tapes across to the counrty to an editor and I am a bit nervous because they are the only copy covering about $10k worth of shooting.

Can I just FedEx them with a "Magnetic Media" label? Is there any special treatment they need? Is there any other way to move them? Is there anyone shipped a lot of tape who can give me a success rate? (100% please - lol).

Thanks in advance.

Glenn Chan · September 15th, 2006, 10:03 AM

DVCPRO tape is very hard to erase... I have a tape eraser and it:
will erase normal tape and mess up the pictures on CRTs
causes dropouts on miniDV tape
doesn't do a thing to DVCPRO tape (DVCPRO25 recording)

I've found DVCPRO tape harder to erase than miniDV. DVCPRO50 may be easier to erase.

2- Can you make protection dubs? Rent a deck and capture it at full quality and backup onto hard drive or something.

Or get insurance.

September 15th, 2006, 07:39 AM	#1
Barry Gribble Major Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 817	Shipping DVCPro Tape Hey all, I have to ship a set of DVCPro50 tapes across to the counrty to an editor and I am a bit nervous because they are the only copy covering about $10k worth of shooting. Can I just FedEx them with a "Magnetic Media" label? Is there any special treatment they need? Is there any other way to move them? Is there anyone shipped a lot of tape who can give me a success rate? (100% please - lol). Thanks in advance. __________________ Barry Gribble Integral Arts, IMDB

September 15th, 2006, 10:03 AM	#2
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	DVCPRO tape is very hard to erase... I have a tape eraser and it: will erase normal tape and mess up the pictures on CRTs causes dropouts on miniDV tape doesn't do a thing to DVCPRO tape (DVCPRO25 recording) I've found DVCPRO tape harder to erase than miniDV. DVCPRO50 may be easier to erase. 2- Can you make protection dubs? Rent a deck and capture it at full quality and backup onto hard drive or something. Or get insurance.