by Benjamin Dotto | Sep 18, 2026 | Digital Media Services, Technology, Trouble Shooting
Not every VHS tape behaves the same in a VCR. Two tapes recorded in the same decade can produce completely different results during digitization — especially when one was recorded in SP and the other in EP/SLP. At Austin Video Solutions, this comes up often with...
by Benjamin Dotto | Oct 17, 2025 | Digital Media Services, Technology, Trouble Shooting, Video Production
The Prosumer Archivist’s Guide to MiniDV Tape Remediation: Diagnosing and Treating Tape-Related Playback Faults Introduction: The Fragile Nature of MiniDV Media The MiniDV format represents a significant paradox in the history of consumer...
by Benjamin Dotto | Jul 7, 2024 | Media Services
A box of old videotapes is not just a pile of media. It is an archive: recordings with dates, people, events, labels, recording speeds, and sometimes no identifying information at all. Digitizing that collection is only the first half of preservation. The second half...