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07-29-2017, 08:25 AM
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I have been given 15 Video 8 tapes to transfer. However it turns out that 3 of them are Hi8. Unfortunately I didn't realise this until I'd already tried them in my standard Sony Handycam and got these weird black lines showing up (which another user has now informed me would happen if a Hi8 tape is played in a standard video8 machine).
However, the plot thickens as upon purchasing a Hi8 camera and prior to loading the tapes I noticed that all 3 of them are snapped after been rewound in the same Sony Handycam Video 8 camera (I knew at that point they wouldn't play properly but just wanted to rewind them in the machine ready for when I received the Hi8 camera).
Anyone heard of this? The tapes in question are all Fuji Hi8 MP PS-90 and I tried to play and rewind them initially using a Sony Handycam CCD-TR420E camera, didn't realise they had (all) broken, then purchased a Sony Handycam CCD-TR748E camera in order to capture the footage.
Incidentally none of the other tapes I've tried in the Video8 camera (which were all standard Video8 tapes) have ever broken.
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07-29-2017, 11:06 PM
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I've never heard of a Video8 camera damaging a Hi8 tape. Are you sure it wasn't already damaged?
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08-21-2017, 03:51 AM
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Apologies for the late reply on this! As far as I know they weren't already damaged but I recently saw another post (I think by yourself) where you advised running a VCR for now longer than 6 hours or so and that any longer could cause damage to tapes? Would this also apply to cameras? I'm thinking that all three of these tapes were put into a hot machine at the end of a session and maybe that's what caused them to snap?
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08-22-2017, 09:45 PM
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It could be the tape itself. Certain brands of VHS tapes had problems with leaders snapping, so I wouldn't be surprised if it happened on 8mm tapes. Keep in mind that plastic gets brittle over time too, so that could be a factor as well.
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08-23-2017, 05:19 AM
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Originally Posted by NJRoadfan
It could be the tape itself. Certain brands of VHS tapes had problems with leaders snapping, so I wouldn't be surprised if it happened on 8mm tapes. Keep in mind that plastic gets brittle over time too, so that could be a factor as well.
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Yeah I haven't used many Fuji tapes. Oh well, I spliced in the end and they survived for capture so that was good 
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12-13-2017, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by DeejayProductions
Apologies for the late reply on this! As far as I know they weren't already damaged but I recently saw another post (I think by yourself) where you advised running a VCR for now longer than 6 hours or so and that any longer could cause damage to tapes? Would this also apply to cameras? I'm thinking that all three of these tapes were put into a hot machine at the end of a session and maybe that's what caused them to snap?
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That is possible, yes. But usually an overheating VCR/camera damages tapes in other ways.
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