some tapes won't be captured

why do some tapes capture and some don't.
they're identical. i use firewire.
it even recognises the tape in there and
rewinds it and everything but when it starts
to capture all i see is a black screen. no
audio or video.

please help. it's three in the morning and
i've been at this for four hours.

thank you so much
shaan

Are you sure the tapes are identical, they are all recorded in SP with 16
bit sound and in 4.3 mode. It could be that you are trying to capture
different formats?
Graham

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Graham Hughes
MVP Digital Media
www.simplydv.co.uk
"shaan" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> why do some tapes capture and some don't.
> they're identical. i use firewire.
> it even recognises the tape in there and
> rewinds it and everything but when it starts
> to capture all i see is a black screen. no
> audio or video.
>
> please help. it's three in the morning and
> i've been at this for four hours.
>
> thank you so much
> shaan