Camcorders with stuck tapes
We often get old cameras where the battery or charger is missing/bad. Sometimes we take them apart to get the tape, sometimes jump starting them with a good power supply works. NOTE: We do not repair camcorders or VCRs. But if you have a tape stuck in one, we will get it out. Don’t expect to get the camera back in working order.
Camera still works with a good power supply
The VHS-C tape is rescued and we can now transfer it!
Broken videotapes
f the tape is broken, we will splice it and transfer it to digital files and/or a DVD:
Splicing Broken Video 8 Tape
This VHS tape was split in half. We don’t know how – that’s the way we got it!
We put it in a new shell, spliced and transferred to DVD.
Somehow the green write inhibit tab made it inside this VHS-C cassette and got wound inside the tape spool. Here we are unwinding by hand and putting the spools in new shell before transferring to DVD.
This VHS tape had soda spilled on it. We cleaned the reels and transferred it to DVD.
Melted videotapes
These tapes were successfully repaired and transferred to DVD
OUR COPYRIGHT POLICY
DDVF cannot duplicate materials protected under United States Copyright Law. These include store bought movies, DVDs, Blu-ray discs, cassette tapes, and CDs as well as television programs and professionally produced videos. When presenting material to DDVF for duplication, you will be required to sign that you are the copyright owner (i.e., it is your home video) or you have permission from the owner to duplicate the work.