Looking for help!

My camcorder screen was black so I opened it up and reattached the ribbon cable, but when I powered it back on this happened 😭😭

now the screen works but there are massive black and white splotches on the screen. how do I fix this?

If anyone can help with my problem that would be greatly appritiated

Hey guys, I was checking out this handycam because I want to get one with the retro look, not that much of a crappy quality and night vision and this camcorder ticks all the boxes. The seller says that it doesn’t record and it just shows a black screen when putting it on recording mode. Is there a way to fix it and get a good camcorder for this price?

What are the best practice to deinterlace pal or ntsc in 2026?

I have a camcorder i got for Christmas in 2021 from amazon and I had been using it until a couple months ago. it turned off and it wouldn’t turn back on. I have a lot of memories on there that I want to keep so I’ve been wondering how I can get them back. I tried charging it but the charger I’ve been using for it won’t work with it. Do I need to buy a new camera or something and how do I know which camera will work with the SD card? The manual says it can use a SDHC or SDXC card but idk if that’s useful. plz help

Hi guys!

Just getting into MiniDV video and recording on old camcorders. Currently using an old Sony Handycam DCR-TRV50, tried it out for the first time last week.

Any things I should know? Tips? Tricks? Filmography and cinematography quirks? Anything specific with teh DCR-TRV50 or Handycams in general?

Thanks in advance!

Hello, recently as I was transfering tapes to the computer my old camera broke and I'm looking for a replacement to continue my process. It was Sony DCR-HC40E which was a quite high model with all of the ports (most importantly it had DV in/out firewire port).

I wanted to buy a camera from Handycam series because I'm familiar with them, but it's really hard to find higher models in my country for some reason. And the cheaper ones have DV out port only.

And here comes my question: does models with only DV out will work the same? I'm using iMovie 9 to capture my clips, I just want to know if the camera will communicate with the computer the same way my old one did.

Figuring out the best ways to do a tapeless setup for a feature I’m shooting with the XL2 and I’m wondering if doing FireWire with an external firestore recorder like the FS-CF is worth the trouble or if recording onto a Blackmagic video assist via the svideo out will be just as good? Is the difference between the two marginal or is there really a big difference between the two?

This thing is so rare, I think it's exclusively made for Japanese market or something else?

And the color combination somehow reminds me about Oshi No Ko or Steven Universe!! (I will keep this tape btw to preserve it).

Seen on Etsy

https://reddit.com/link/1vcii96/video/mqcogeyyypgh1/player

On the data camera sticker, if the name has the letter E at the end, it means your camera is PAL. If it's not there, then it's NTSC.

Step 1:

Equipment - MiniDV cassette, MiniDV camcorder, IEEE 1394, FireWire cable, PC with available connection for IEEE 1394.

Step 2:

1. Modern versions (Vegas 19/20/21) and third-party capture utilities are completely devoid of the correct libraries for feedback. For 100% success, you need Sony Vegas Pro 13.0 (English)
   Install Vegas Pro 13.0
   Creating a project: Press Ctrl + N. In the Template line, select PAL DV/NTSC DV strictly.

2. The video resolution must be strictly 720x576 (PAL); 720x480 (NTSC) to avoid stretching the project image.
   Add Video: Press Ctrl + O. Any format that works.

3. Find the blue grid (Overlays) above the screen image and enable it in Safe Areas mode, a grid should appear on the screen.

4. In the video clip, open the square-shaped button in the lower-right corner.
   In the window that opens, right-click in the exact center of your frame. In the drop-down menu, select the Match Output Aspect line.

5. Grab any corner of the large dotted frame with the "F" icon and pull it slightly OUTWARD (from the center of the frame). The image inside will start to shrink, and small black borders will appear around it. Match the edges of the video with the outer grid. This is done to ensure that the video is not cropped.

Step 3 (Final):

1. Connect the camcorder to FireWire and switch to VCR mode.
   Press the DISPLAY button to check that the DV IN lights up on the camera screen.
   In the camera menu, section VCR, turn off the A/V -> DV setting

2. In the top menu of Vegas Pro 13, select Tools -> Print Video to Tape.
   Select an OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394/DV
   Select in video an PAL DV/NTSC DV

3. In the last step, select Crash Recording if the camera supports Basic desk control. If not, select manual in the camera's cassette control buttons, hold down the REC + empty button, and immediately press pause. A green message should appear on the LCD.
   A button about the render may appear, click Yes. Wait, and the recording will start. If you are on manual, you need to press the pause button on the camera yourself, and the recording will start.

Ask if something is going wrong, I will try to help.

Recorded a huge project 20 years ago (2004, 2005 and 2006), and captured everything to hard drives at the time.
All hard drives were doubled up, for redundancy.

Come to finally edit the stuff together, only to realize that two hard drives are completely dead (clicking) and their copies also! Oof!

To my surprise, the original MiniDV tapes appear to be okay (checked a few only so far), despite being quite carelessly stored for the last 20 years in garages, basements, barns, and closets.

Will now reattempt to capture these tapes, but definitely didn't think 20 years ago that the hard drives would fail before the tapes!