Kinda reminds me of an old boss I once had. Just because you can punch in numbers into a computer program doesn't mean that it makes you a cabinet maker. Especially when the math keeps going off once you install it.
The bar code is the customers number. I have an idea that the player that caused this issue. The player was contaminated with other customers problems. Their heads were filthy. These big companies don't do maintenance on their equipment.
You're a hero!! Do you get your customers to sign a waiver stating that they can't sue if you destroy their media? I think you probably don't need one because you're careful, but that "other" company sure does. I mean, I'm sure the stakes are fairly low in terms of the monetary value of damages, but better to just not leave that possibility open.
Those nation wide big box companies are horrible. The problem is they just dont care. They look at your videos and films as making $10. No matter if they convert the tapes or not. I would have your customer post what happened to her on there Facebook page and their google reviews.
@@Dedicatedtolivinginthepast basically if the tape is at the start/fully rewound it will play perfectly and fast forward etc but if a tape is at the very end and needs to be rewound, it will pul it in but it wont pull the reel in to play it, nothing is broken or binding that i can see, its a Mitsubishi HS-U445
@@luke9511I got the same issue with a Funai. The tape load mechanism get stuck a little before fully loading the tape and the vcr shuts down. When I turn it back on it immediately unload and eject the cassette. I don't know what causes this but servicing would be too expensive so I live with it. Just rewind the tape immediately after watching and it will be fine. But if you forget, put a pencil into the hole between the reels to unlock them and rewind by hand for a few minutes. Eventually the vcr will accept the cassette and you can continue to rewind with it.
We are almost at the point where we can digitise the the raw magnetic signals on the tape "halves", then extract the image signal in the digitised data ... I believe that this has been done for hard drive images...but a rigid disk is easier to "scan" than a split tape...I don't expect that the hardware to magnetically scan tape exists ... outside government...
It's being done with floppy disks for sure. So that even disks that cannot be read properly will have an image of the magnetic data read in and can then be repaired by software.
you'll need a vcr and a dvd player with an av out.. plug dvd player into the vcr and that will work. . I don't know if you can do it using just dvd vcr combo but if the vcr works on it then just buy a separate dvd player from thrift store
@@VikingJoe879If you are making copies of commercial movies/shows, then you will need either a DVD player that you can flash custom firmware to, or that has a service menu, where you can disable the Macrovision signal; or you need a VCR that ignores Macrovision; or you need a "stabilizer box" to connect between the two. If you don't have one of these, your copies will turn out awful.
Kinda reminds me of an old boss I once had. Just because you can punch in numbers into a computer program doesn't mean that it makes you a cabinet maker. Especially when the math keeps going off once you install it.
Memoriesssss
The bar code is the customers number.
I have an idea that the player that caused this issue. The player was contaminated with other customers problems. Their heads were filthy. These big companies don't do maintenance on their equipment.
You are probably right. The tape has mold and that certainly ripped it
You're a hero!! Do you get your customers to sign a waiver stating that they can't sue if you destroy their media? I think you probably don't need one because you're careful, but that "other" company sure does. I mean, I'm sure the stakes are fairly low in terms of the monetary value of damages, but better to just not leave that possibility open.
Yes
It's great to see someone who cares about their work! Kudos. 👍👍👍
Always! Thank you!
Were you able to figure out what was destroyed? (Was it during the ceremony, reception, dancing...etc?)
Ceremony
Went through it with customer and that’s what was missing
Those nation wide big box companies are horrible. The problem is they just dont care. They look at your videos and films as making $10. No matter if they convert the tapes or not.
I would have your customer post what happened to her on there Facebook page and their google reviews.
You said it
hey your channel popped up in my feed, you wouldnt by chance know someone who can help fix a small issue with a vcr would you?
What's your VCR's issue?
Where are you
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@@Dedicatedtolivinginthepast basically if the tape is at the start/fully rewound it will play perfectly and fast forward etc but if a tape is at the very end and needs to be rewound, it will pul it in but it wont pull the reel in to play it, nothing is broken or binding that i can see, its a Mitsubishi HS-U445
@@luke9511I got the same issue with a Funai. The tape load mechanism get stuck a little before fully loading the tape and the vcr shuts down. When I turn it back on it immediately unload and eject the cassette. I don't know what causes this but servicing would be too expensive so I live with it. Just rewind the tape immediately after watching and it will be fine. But if you forget, put a pencil into the hole between the reels to unlock them and rewind by hand for a few minutes. Eventually the vcr will accept the cassette and you can continue to rewind with it.
Man youre awesome! I came across this by luck, definitely will be using your services in the future!!
Awesome, thank you!
We are almost at the point where we can digitise the the raw magnetic signals on the tape "halves", then extract the image signal in the digitised data ... I believe that this has been done for hard drive images...but a rigid disk is easier to "scan" than a split tape...I don't expect that the hardware to magnetically scan tape exists ... outside government...
It's being done with floppy disks for sure. So that even disks that cannot be read properly will have an image of the magnetic data read in and can then be repaired by software.
Once all of this can be done without winding any tape off the reels, it will be the perfect method. 😄😉
When using a new to you tape, FF & RR first so it beds in to your player.
I do fast fwd and rewind if it needs it.
Def vhs tapes
Yo, can you help me out please? I'd like to find a vcr that will record dvds to vhs tapes, is that possible?
Not for you specifically to find me one, I mean is it possible to record dvds to vhs tapes
you'll need a vcr and a dvd player with an av out.. plug dvd player into the vcr and that will work. . I don't know if you can do it using just dvd vcr combo but if the vcr works on it then just buy a separate dvd player from thrift store
@@VikingJoe879If you are making copies of commercial movies/shows, then you will need either a DVD player that you can flash custom firmware to, or that has a service menu, where you can disable the Macrovision signal; or you need a VCR that ignores Macrovision; or you need a "stabilizer box" to connect between the two. If you don't have one of these, your copies will turn out awful.
I have VHS tpe going back from the first time they came out and all is fine .
Wow! Not all tapes are created equal!