AVCHD vs HDV

[Nigel O’neill]

I use brand new Panasonic DV tapes only once for a paid job and I NEVER mix brands as some tapes use a ‘dry’ formulation and others use a ‘wet’ formulation. I believe Sony uses ‘wet’. The drum mechanism in tape based cams can get affected if you constantly switch between tape formulations, so it’s good to stick to one brand, which I do.

John, I didn’t realise the drop out/duration was that long between DV and HDV tapes. Learned something new today 🙂

I have experienced drop-outs in AVCHD where one file ends and another begins, especially during long recordings. Another user on this forum suggested using an MS-DOS binary copy to combine the files, which I have yet to try out.

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[John Rofrano]

[Nigel O'Neill] “I have experienced drop-outs in AVCHD where one file ends and another begins, especially during long recordings. Another user on this forum suggested using an MS-DOS binary copy to combine the files, which I have yet to try out.”

That’s not a real drop-out. That’s something the camera always does when it hits the FAT32 file size limit. Doing a binary MSDOS copy usually fixes it.

~jr

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