Ran into this issue with DV tapes and likely applies to DDS as well. Sony uses a different manufacturing process known as wet emulsification to create the tape media. The rest of the manufacturers use some variation of a dry emulsification when making their tape media.
From day one you must 'choose your poison' as it were and remain faithful to the brand. Mixing tapes afterwards will bring a device to it's mechanical knees - it will as some point simply fail to operate. In the case of the DV cameras, time codes and audio tracks were being stripped from the source during capture. My guess is you had the same problem with the DDS drive and Sony tapes. On Jan 13, 2007, at 7:45 AM, George R.Kasica wrote: >> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:56:01 +0100, you wrote: > >> On Friday 12 January 2007 12:53, George R.Kasica wrote: >>> Just noticed the following in my 2.0 logs here: >>> >>> 09-Jan 05:48 eagle-sd: Alert: TapeAlert[8]:Not Data Grade:Replace >>> cartridge with one containing data grade tape. >>> >>> Never have seen that before, and before someone asks, yes they are >>> data grade brand name HP DDS3 tapes. >>> >>> Ideas, thoughts?? >>> >> >> I wouldn't back my data up to such a drive/tape combination. This >> information >> comes from the drive, so it clearly doesn't like your tape >> regardless of what >> may be written on the box. > Very interesting an HP Drive with HP DDS3 tapes in it no less. Odd. > Maybe a bad tape? Guess I'll swap it out and see what happens, it is a > bit old. They have a lifetime warranty on the tapes so I guess I'll > call HP and get some new ones. > >> I have an HP DDS4 drive (4 cassette changer) that detests (gets >> lots of >> errors) Sony tapes, but loves (never any problems even after years >> of use) >> Imation tapes. I would have thought that Sony tapes are better >> than Imation >> tapes, but my HP drive thinks and behaves differently from me, so >> I cater to >> its whims to avoid problems. > Makes sense here. Thanks. > > Never saw that message before so I wasn't sure what was generating it. > > Thanks! > -- > ===[George R. Kasica]=== +1 262 677 0766 > President +1 206 374 6482 FAX > Netwrx Consulting Inc. Jackson, WI USA > http://www.netwrx1.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ #12862186 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to > share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php? > page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
