hi8 footage gone

Donnaaime

Honorable
Feb 8, 2014
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The footage on my hi8 tapes has gone. It is just showing a speckly screen with no sound. I am devestated as they contained videos of my children as babies. Why would this happen?can they wipe themselves over time?
 

COLGeek

Cybernaut
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Tapes can degrade over time. A couple of years ago, I converted a bunch of old VHS tapes to DVD and the older tapes were of very poor quality.

Did you play all the way through the tape? Also, did you try another camcorder to make sure yours isn't the issue?
 

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