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  • Mini DV Tape Question

    Posted by Brett Olbrys on January 22, 2019 at 3:23 pm

    Hi all,

    I’m starting the process of transferring 100+ mini-dv tapes to my PC and some tapes have the dates written on them and some don’t. I no longer have the camera I recorded them on, so I am using a Sony DSR-11 to transfer to PC. For the tapes that I did not write dates on, is there a way for me to figure out the date of the recording? Since these are digital tapes, I assume the date/time is encoded on the tape, so how can I access that information?

    Thanks,

    Brett

    Francois Pénzes replied 7 years, 7 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  • Francois Pénzes

    January 23, 2019 at 3:57 am

    Hi Brett

    You may want to try this utility from Sony. I haven’t used it in a while but I believe it will suit your purpose. It was great for importing files from the camera’s recording unit (HVR-MRC1) and it did read and register the record date.

    You can download it here:

    https://pro.sony/en_GB/product-resources/software/1237485726507

    Cheers !

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