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Why am I only getting 40 minutes of recording time out of my 60 minute Mini-DV tape?

April 26, 2017mini-dv Minute Minutes recording tape time

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Why am I only getting 40 minutes of recording time out of my 60 minute Mini-DV tape?

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A. If you are using a PD series video camera e.g. (PD150), if the camera is set to record in DV (CAM) mode, the tape is recorded on to at a faster rate thus giving you less recording time. So a 60 minute Mini-DV only gives you 40 minutes of record time.