On 7/16/2013 4:30 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Tue, 2013-07-16 at 18:53 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote:
Have a look at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear_Tape-Open
I read this already when the thread started.
Regarding to cassette tapes of what kind ever, I only have good
experiences with
- professional video recorders
- professional or at least home recording recorders, that use consumer
analog cassette tapes
With those drives a tape never was damaged. YMMV.
I've got bad experiences with
- consumer video recorders
- consumer cassette tape recorders
- consumer DAT recorders and I heard about the same issues when using
professional DAT recorders
YMMV.
So I suspect, that those drives, without revolving heads could be safe,
but also unsafe regarding to the costs of such a drive. Using several
external HDDs at home perhaps is less expensive, but not less safe.
I'm sceptic.
Regards,
Ralf
I have a very old cassette audio tape, on which there appears to be no
frequency higher than about 400Hz!
(That's a guess, but in the ballpark.) So over the years, all the highs
just disappeared. OTOH, I have some
cassette audio tapes that are perhaps 20 years old which are still in
quite listenable condition. Maybe it
depends on the manufacture of the tape?
There also is the problem of bleed-thru, due to the tape laying against
another part of itself while wound
up on the reel. This might be less of a problem with digital data, which
can be quantized.
--doug
