thick horizontal lines during playback WHY? at DVinfo.net

David Ruhland · January 5th, 2010, 08:49 AM

I went to capture some footage today from my GL2 and noticed i had thick horizontal gray/black lines running across the screen during playback.

Anyone else had this problem and know why this is? I have only about 20 hours on this camera.

Thanks

David Ruhland · January 5th, 2010, 09:04 AM

im thinking after trying the tape in another camera its a bad tape... You all agree?

David Ruhland · January 6th, 2010, 06:41 AM

I forwarded the tape to about 7 minutes...(noticed i had a broken timestamp) and was able to salvage some of the video...not a total loss... neverless, but still disappointing. I guess there is a lot to be said for pre striping a tape eh?

Andy Tejral · January 6th, 2010, 08:09 AM

No, dropouts happen. The better the tape, the less likely; the fewer uses, the less likely. Pre-striping will only put wear on the tape.

Just make sure that you record enough extra so you can back up and not have gaps in the tape. And that has nothing to do with dropouts, just ease of capturing the video.

January 5th, 2010, 08:49 AM	#1
David Ruhland Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Madison WI Posts: 340	thick horizontal lines during playback WHY? I went to capture some footage today from my GL2 and noticed i had thick horizontal gray/black lines running across the screen during playback. Anyone else had this problem and know why this is? I have only about 20 hours on this camera. Thanks __________________ Vegas 8.0c (Build 260)-(Upgraded to Sony Vegas 10 pro)Canon GL2, Canon HV30, HF200, HF20-Sony UWP Wirelesss Mic Kit, Intel Core 2 CPU-6600@2.40GHz-3.00GB Ram

January 5th, 2010, 09:04 AM	#2
David Ruhland Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Madison WI Posts: 340	im thinking after trying the tape in another camera its a bad tape... You all agree? __________________ Vegas 8.0c (Build 260)-(Upgraded to Sony Vegas 10 pro)Canon GL2, Canon HV30, HF200, HF20-Sony UWP Wirelesss Mic Kit, Intel Core 2 CPU-6600@2.40GHz-3.00GB Ram

January 6th, 2010, 06:41 AM	#3
David Ruhland Major Player Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Madison WI Posts: 340	Its a bad tape! I forwarded the tape to about 7 minutes...(noticed i had a broken timestamp) and was able to salvage some of the video...not a total loss... neverless, but still disappointing. I guess there is a lot to be said for pre striping a tape eh? __________________ Vegas 8.0c (Build 260)-(Upgraded to Sony Vegas 10 pro)Canon GL2, Canon HV30, HF200, HF20-Sony UWP Wirelesss Mic Kit, Intel Core 2 CPU-6600@2.40GHz-3.00GB Ram

January 6th, 2010, 08:09 AM	#4
Andy Tejral Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: New York City Posts: 523	No, dropouts happen. The better the tape, the less likely; the fewer uses, the less likely. Pre-striping will only put wear on the tape. Just make sure that you record enough extra so you can back up and not have gaps in the tape. And that has nothing to do with dropouts, just ease of capturing the video. __________________ Andy Tejral Railroad Videographer