I took an 22 year old Umatic tape to have it transferred to miniDV.
The transfer provider has alerted me that the first 6 or 7 minutes are fine but that there appears to be a tracking problem with the remaining footage(about 50 minutes).
For those who had experience with this format: Does this sound likely? If so, were there units that had the ability to adjust tracking during playback. If worse comes to worst, I'll buy a unit on eBay. Auction price is cheap - shipping is not.....
The transfer provider has alerted me that the first 6 or 7 minutes are fine but that there appears to be a tracking problem with the remaining footage(about 50 minutes).
For those who had experience with this format: Does this sound likely? If so, were there units that had the ability to adjust tracking during playback. If worse comes to worst, I'll buy a unit on eBay. Auction price is cheap - shipping is not.....