Questions & Answers for: mini dv audio drop

audio began to drop out at irregular intervals. The actual video contains no video indications of bad digital information (pixilated frames etc), but the audio track contains quick glitches of silence

...small screw driver and adjust the audio head. You might try cleaning it with a DV tape cleaner and see if that makes a difference. It's cheaper than the repair shop. go for an authorized service ...

...mini-DV tapes I shot some footage on Fuji mini-DV tapes in 2003. When I viewed these tapes on a DSR 11 Deck, there were drop-out glitches ("hiccups") with dropped audio several times every second or ...

when recording picture looks fine in viewfinder. on playback I have pixels dashing inadvertently all over the video and audio is dropping out. Have used cleaning tape 3 times for 6 second intervals ...

...as though the audio playback head had become misaligned by the drop... You will have to get it back in position again. Thats a job and a half though, really only something that can be done by a

I am logging and capturing via Final Cut and the audio keeps dropping out. When I play the tape in another deck, it's fine, but this deck is not. The video is fine however. It sounds like there's dirt

while capturing video from sony DCR-HC 40E via pinnacle 14 HD through IEEE 1394 in wondows 7, the captured video showed too many frame drops. Sounds like time code breaks. If you stripe the tape ...

lens cap on and no audio input. OR just tape over it. Note: Most video people recommend around 3 record cycles on a tape for best performance. The more you record/erase the greater chance of drop outs

Can anyone tell me how to erase video recordings from a tape so I can resue the tape? The best way to do this is at night before you go to bed (when everything is quiet).  You don't want ...

mute handycam dcr audio drops while playing Could be because LP record mode was used. Alo it may be tape dropouts. Dropouts occur after too many record/erase cycles. Al