Do all HDV camcorders play back other HDV camcorders' tapes, even if the
resolution and frame rate may not be native to the playback camcorder?

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:24:06 GMT, "peter" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

Yes and no. If the camera has the same modes, you shopuld be able to
playback the material on a diffferent brand of HDV camrcorder/deck

cheers

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Martin Heffels wrote:

With miniDV, there's generally no problem playing a tape from one
company's camcorder in another company's camcorder.
In the world of HDV though, NEVER assume that company A's tape will play
back in company B's camcorder - or vice versa.
The only way to be sure is to do a test.

Mike

On Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:24:06 GMT, in 'rec.video.desktop',
in article <can HDV play back on different brand camcorder?>,
"peter" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

Generally, no.

First of all, HDV comes in two flavors - 720p and 1080i. 720p HDV gear
is made by JVC and 1080i HDV gear is made by Sony and Canon.
Generally, a JVC HDV product (camcorder or VCR) will not playback a
tape recorded on a Sony/Canon piece of equipment. And vice versa.

Aside from the 720p versus 1080i issue, certain HDV products have
special modes which aren't well supported by anything other than the
particular camcorder on which the recording took place. For example,
some Canon camcorders have a 24F (frame) mode which will not play back
on Sony HDV equipment. Similarly, some Canon HDV camcorders have a
4-channel audio mode which will not play back on Sony equipment.

If you have some HDV tapes that you can't successfully play on the HDV
equipment that you have, I would suggest contacting the person who
gave you the tapes to determine exactly on which type (make and model)
of camcorder the footage was shot, and if any special recording modes,
such as the 4-channel Canon audio mentioned above, were used.

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