Possibility to repair HDV due to faulty cassette

[avz10]

I have a Canon Legria HV40 which takes excellent video. I use Pinnacle for editing.

My father-in-law got married again, I took the photos and a family member the video. I use TDK MiniDV 60 and record on SP. There was no problem with the first video cassette- as expected. Fifteen minutes before the end of the function, he asked for another cassette. I gave him a brand new TDK cassette. To our disappointment, the video came out all jerky- even playing on the camera.

I fast forwarded and rewinded with no success.

Is there any way of trying to fix this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=29SeygAffYg

[edDV]

Probably no hope to fix this. You just need to edit around the jumps.

The new tape was probably damaged by heat or dropped causing a sticky unspool. In the future it would help to wind/rewind new tapes before use.

[avz10]

Yes, that's what I thought. What are the best to edit this with, as it happens every few seconds?
Thanks

[avz10]

Just to ask again- what programme will be good to edit this with- I suppose one will need to go frame by frame?

[edDV]

Your Pinnacle software should work so long as it supports HDV.

You could experiment with transitions at the break points to avoid the jump cut.

[avz10]

Thanks- I suppose doing it in timeline view and cut and delete??

[edDV]

Thanks- I suppose doing it in timeline view and cut and delete??

Yes, try timeline view wth short disolve transitions at the breaks. Experiment with transition durations.

[edDV]

Thanks- I suppose doing it in timeline view and cut and delete??

Yes, try timeline view wth short disolve transitions at the breaks. Experiment with transition durations.

[avz10]

Thanks for the replies. I tried this afternoon, but is very difficult to cut these in timeline mode, unless I would be able to slow the video to a few frames/second. Is there a setting that I miss or perhaps another programme that I can adjust so that the video runs slower?

[aedipuss]

editing software should allow you to expand the video until single frames are visible on the timeline. you shouldn't be trying to edit while it plays, just scrub the pointer to where you need.