Video editing & OT by now...

[Gene Heskett]

On Thursday 13 April 2006 19:37, Claude Jones wrote:
>On Thu April 13 2006 3:54 pm, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> Thats the head switching point, and the video from the head just
>> coming onto the tape isn't synchronized to that of the opposite head
>> leaving the tape, hence the blur as the digital circuitry in todays
>> vcr's scramble to play catchup.
>>
>> Back when broadcasters were using the u-matic format,
>
>I'm one of those (broadcaster/editor/producer/etc..), and I still keep
> a BVU800 in the rack for legacy archive tapes - we have too many to
> transfer to newer formats. I've transferred anything that was
> "can't-lose", but the rest is dependent on that old 800 - now, you
> wouldn't remember where that "programming jumper pin" was on the 800,
> would you? Oh, never mind -- I'm afraid if I move that behemoth,
> it'll break.... '-)

Nah, its a hocky puck, Claude.  The only thing that will break is your 
back since its about 65 lbs.  In its day I expect I carried one of them 
100 miles or more, 100 feet at a time to-from the workbench.  

Besides, the bvu-800 already has it set right so the head switch is 
about 1 to 2 lines into the vertical interval.  If you are seeing the 
switchpoint, its the src tape thats out of time when it was recorded.  
That switchpoint is controlled during the record process, not the 
playback.

However, I expect by now that thing is probably due for a complete 
loading ring rebuild with all new stuff from those white nylon rollers 
on up.  Not to mention the loading arm that pulls the tape out of the 
cartridge is probably fubar too.  I rebuilt one for one last trip 
before I retired in 2002, and as the usage has faded away, its managed 
to last till now so far, but I can remember doing it at least annually 
for all 15 of them we had at one time.  Kept me right busy.

>--
>Claude Jones
>Bluemont, VA, USA

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