[videoblogging] Blank tape detected in Premiere
Guys, When I dump a tape to Premiere, it sometimes stops in the middle of the capture process and says capture stopped because blank tape was detected. I've become used to this as a minor glitch that occurs once in a blue moon. Lately, though, it's been happening a lot. It seems to crop up once every two minutes of footage. The footage itself is there, and if I back up to the beginning of the scene and capture again, everything's fine. This is becoming an annoyance, though, and I'm afraid it might be a sign of impending equipment failure, which is something I can't afford. The camera itself is only about a year old, and it hasn't seen heavy, regular use until about last March when Greentime began. Does anyone have any experience with this error? Is there something I need to do to help fix this? I tried my head cleaner on my camera, but to no avail. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime
Re: [videoblogging] Blank tape detected in Premiere
Do you use SP or LP speed on your camera? I only use SP to reduce frame drops. It's possible you are getting frame drops from the tape during capture, but they tend to show up differently in other programs (Vegas lists them as actual dropped frames rather than dumping the capture). Just for kicks, try capturing from another program (MovieMaker, iMovie, etc.) and see if it's repeatable. On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:36 pm, J. Rhett Aultman wrote: Guys, When I dump a tape to Premiere, it sometimes stops in the middle of the capture process and says capture stopped because blank tape was detected. I've become used to this as a minor glitch that occurs once in a blue moon. Lately, though, it's been happening a lot. It seems to crop up once every two minutes of footage. The footage itself is there, and if I back up to the beginning of the scene and capture again, everything's fine. This is becoming an annoyance, though, and I'm afraid it might be a sign of impending equipment failure, which is something I can't afford. The camera itself is only about a year old, and it hasn't seen heavy, regular use until about last March when Greentime began. Does anyone have any experience with this error? Is there something I need to do to help fix this? I tried my head cleaner on my camera, but to no avail. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime Yahoo! Groups Links Brian Richardson - http://siliconchef.com - http://dragoncontv.com - http://whatthecast.com - http://www.3chip.com
Re: [videoblogging] Blank tape detected in Premiere
I've had that problem before too. Are you using Scene Detect during capture? That could be part of the problem. It tries to add a few extra frames in between stop points during batch captures, and it usually fails. Also it helps if you use the same brand of DV tape stock all the time, as different brands use different lubricants which can gum up the heads in your cam. I didn't know this until it was too late with my last Panasonic cam, and it started getting the blank tape detected error in Premiere. If you've already cleaned the heads, just start using the same tape brand from now on and it might fix itself. http://www.cinematography.com/forum2004/lofiversion/index.php?t8438.html On 7/30/07, J. Rhett Aultman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guys, When I dump a tape to Premiere, it sometimes stops in the middle of the capture process and says capture stopped because blank tape was detected. I've become used to this as a minor glitch that occurs once in a blue moon. Lately, though, it's been happening a lot. It seems to crop up once every two minutes of footage. The footage itself is there, and if I back up to the beginning of the scene and capture again, everything's fine. This is becoming an annoyance, though, and I'm afraid it might be a sign of impending equipment failure, which is something I can't afford. The camera itself is only about a year old, and it hasn't seen heavy, regular use until about last March when Greentime began. Does anyone have any experience with this error? Is there something I need to do to help fix this? I tried my head cleaner on my camera, but to no avail. -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime Yahoo! Groups Links -- Adam Quirk Wreck Salvage 551.208.4644 Brooklyn, NY http://wreckandsalvage.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [videoblogging] Blank tape detected in Premiere
I am using Scene Detect. If I turn it off, though, won't I have to go in and split out all the scenes by hand? I haven't noticed a problem with it mis-detecting scene boundaries, only with it thinking that it's hit blank tape or something. I'll try getting more religious about what tape brand I use and I'll try re-cleaning with a little more alcohol (I used virtually none last time). -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime I've had that problem before too. Are you using Scene Detect during capture? That could be part of the problem. It tries to add a few extra frames in between stop points during batch captures, and it usually fails.
