Official posting of the tape: ua-cam.com/video/JAz0uznls_M/v-deo.htmlsi=vhcxXsAphndkVnjE Quick Links: Intro/Day 1: 0:21 Day 2: 9:22 Day 3/Closing: 19:27 My transfer of the tape: ua-cam.com/video/-D9zBsjLDSs/v-deo.html
U-Matic was usually an epitaxial formula tape that was always prone to shedding. Hence frequent video head cleanings were necessary during normal use. I worked many years ago at a TV statin that, when I first went to work with them, the station was U-matic, throughout. On-air playback, dubbing, satellite acquisition, the works. Over time we went through loads of head cleaning cloths and isoprophial alcohol and countless blown spots and make-goods thanks to head clogs. The very day we got Betacart that TV station started to get some real sales.
When using super glue, sprinkle some baking soda on top of the joint while glue is still wet. When super glue mixes with baking soda it makes pretty tought plastic-like material. I once fixed a shattered alarm clock this way.
You really get a sense on how big a U-Matic tape is when you held it up. I have never seen mold that bad. Like the weather radio you have. Stay safe out there.
How come I never got a kitten while trick-or-treating? All I ever got was candy. In any case, sorry you had so much trouble with the tape, but glad it worked out.
@@OddityArchivemy ver first episode of archive was 53 due to wanting to know more about the format. Been here since then about three or four years ago.
It's better to keep the tapes, at least the most important ones. As can be seen here, tapes is very tough. You can archive it (with a lot of hassle) even if it's in horrible state. If you forget to make backup of your digital copies, and the hard drive / DVD whatever you recorded them on dies, they are lost forever. I always suggest to everyone to keep their family tapes even after digitizing them, because if something goes wrong with the digital copy, there's a goid chance the original tapes still going to be playable many decades later, if stored right. I use the same method as shown here: ziplock bag with silica gel. The other reason to keep the tapes, is the evolution of digital recording. If you archived your tapes say, 15 years ago in MPEG-2 or DivX, you could do it now in much better quality if you still had the tapes. You can upscale an uncompressed recording to HD and 60fps in the best possible quality than convert it to h.264, but if you try to do that with an MPEG-2 recording, the results will be a lot worse.
@@mrnmrn1 Couldn't disagree more. I am 62 and have lived through all the media tech advances. I am also an Aerospace Engineer. To say "forget to make a backup" is a little silly since only the most forgetful would not make at least three copies of precious memories (and one of my copies is on optical media, not a drive). Broadcast tapes I made during the early 1990s degraded in color quality first, then in sync due to tape stretch. I'm lucky I transferred them when I did or they would have been lost fairly quickly. DVD recordings I made in 2004 and then transferred to drives are still perfect. The only thing you can get wrong on a digital record is not choosing the right bit rate. Yes, the day may come when all electronics go belly-up, but that includes your VHS decks (which are almost impossible to find new at this point). Your point about up-scaling to a better format is moot. The original tapes (audio and video) have only so much bandwidth. As long as the original digital recordings captured that bandwidth, you can upscale from any media (analog or digital) with the same result. It's as if you are arguing for punch cards in the face of a "drag and drop" programming environment (well, maybe not that extreme).
I do repair/maintenance for a pro transfer service (just earlier today), last I heard they knew OF a mold specialist. We'll want to know what's going on there, I'll check it out. I'm often the last to hear of bad and good news, so me saying this means nothing.
Wow. I am amazed that you passed up the obvious pun: It's the "Webzini Halloweenie Frazzini Beanie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" Nevertheless, a very impressive effort to successfully resurrect the dead, my man...🙂
Open your eyes your on cablevison . It’s always new to me coming thought to me cable vision gets the best of what’s on my tv . Cablvison coming to Your tv area some time in the past . Ben doing a cable vision commercial .
Echhh... If this was the only copy of the special and in trying to clean the tape you destroyed it, rendering the footage forever lost, I think we would all forgive you for it. Maybe even give you a medal. I never thought public access could get more dull than 24/7 school lunch menus and garbage collection notifications, but those seem like a freaking theme park stunt show compared to this. Wolfman Mac and Boney Bob, these guys ain't.
@@Fuji086 This is below student video project quality. The jokes and ideas just aren't there. The "I always hated that cat" was the only thing that made me almost crack a smile and let out a polite "heh." Even that actual student video project that this channels sometimes shows where they make a radio on a cooking show looks like a bleeding classic era SNL skit compared to this. Usually I'd say, at least they look like they're having fun, but even they look bored doing this.
25:00 You spent all that time(3 days) rehabilitating this U-Matic cartridge so you could salvage *THAT?* You'd have been better to just shove the tape into the garbage bin.
What I’m most interested in, oddly enough, is the silent film actress on your mousepad that’s visible when you show the transfer process. Is it Theda Bara?
Official posting of the tape: ua-cam.com/video/JAz0uznls_M/v-deo.htmlsi=vhcxXsAphndkVnjE
Quick Links:
Intro/Day 1: 0:21
Day 2: 9:22
Day 3/Closing: 19:27
My transfer of the tape: ua-cam.com/video/-D9zBsjLDSs/v-deo.html
U-Matic was usually an epitaxial formula tape that was always prone to shedding. Hence frequent video head cleanings were necessary during normal use. I worked many years ago at a TV statin that, when I first went to work with them, the station was U-matic, throughout. On-air playback, dubbing, satellite acquisition, the works. Over time we went through loads of head cleaning cloths and isoprophial alcohol and countless blown spots and make-goods thanks to head clogs. The very day we got Betacart that TV station started to get some real sales.
When using super glue, sprinkle some baking soda on top of the joint while glue is still wet. When super glue mixes with baking soda it makes pretty tought plastic-like material. I once fixed a shattered alarm clock this way.
You really get a sense on how big a U-Matic tape is when you held it up. I have never seen mold that bad. Like the weather radio you have. Stay safe out there.
@2:15 - "Am I living in a bag? Am I living in a Ziploc Bag?"
How come I never got a kitten while trick-or-treating? All I ever got was candy. In any case, sorry you had so much trouble with the tape, but glad it worked out.
Would your parents have let you keep the kitten if you got one trick or treating? I think my mom and dad might . But that depends.
@@Bucky749 No way. I desperately wanted one, but they didn't agree to get me one until years later.
That cat was the best actor of the bunch....
Bake this bio hazard was the name of Sergi’s captain and Tennille/ Carpenter’s tribute band
After seeing that Z-grade production, some things should remain buried. ⚰️
Your video on restoring the tape was informative, Benny. 😁
Was that awful green hue a bad attempt at "day for night"?
I think they forgot to set the color balance.
Fascinating
-Mr Spock
For God’s sake, Ben, be careful!
Dr. McCoy
Thanks for another great episode Ben! 👌🏼
Any day with a U-Matic episode is a good day.
Now I wanna hit up the local Sonic (since the river hasn't come that far inland yet).
No idea what a U-Matic is but I’m going to know in about 30 minutes.
Episodes 53 and 213.5 should fill you in if you're unfamiliar.
@@OddityArchivemy ver first episode of archive was 53 due to wanting to know more about the format. Been here since then about three or four years ago.
I just to Sonic the other day; where I leave, the nearest Sonic is a good thirty to forty mile drive based on which direction you’re going.
Makes me glad I transferred all my cable access stuff from the 1990s to digital many years ago AND THREW THE TAPES OUT!
It's better to keep the tapes, at least the most important ones. As can be seen here, tapes is very tough. You can archive it (with a lot of hassle) even if it's in horrible state. If you forget to make backup of your digital copies, and the hard drive / DVD whatever you recorded them on dies, they are lost forever. I always suggest to everyone to keep their family tapes even after digitizing them, because if something goes wrong with the digital copy, there's a goid chance the original tapes still going to be playable many decades later, if stored right. I use the same method as shown here: ziplock bag with silica gel.
The other reason to keep the tapes, is the evolution of digital recording. If you archived your tapes say, 15 years ago in MPEG-2 or DivX, you could do it now in much better quality if you still had the tapes. You can upscale an uncompressed recording to HD and 60fps in the best possible quality than convert it to h.264, but if you try to do that with an MPEG-2 recording, the results will be a lot worse.
@@mrnmrn1 Couldn't disagree more. I am 62 and have lived through all the media tech advances. I am also an Aerospace Engineer. To say "forget to make a backup" is a little silly since only the most forgetful would not make at least three copies of precious memories (and one of my copies is on optical media, not a drive). Broadcast tapes I made during the early 1990s degraded in color quality first, then in sync due to tape stretch. I'm lucky I transferred them when I did or they would have been lost fairly quickly. DVD recordings I made in 2004 and then transferred to drives are still perfect. The only thing you can get wrong on a digital record is not choosing the right bit rate. Yes, the day may come when all electronics go belly-up, but that includes your VHS decks (which are almost impossible to find new at this point). Your point about up-scaling to a better format is moot. The original tapes (audio and video) have only so much bandwidth. As long as the original digital recordings captured that bandwidth, you can upscale from any media (analog or digital) with the same result. It's as if you are arguing for punch cards in the face of a "drag and drop" programming environment (well, maybe not that extreme).
Montage music be sounding very Fleetwood Mac. I like it.
26:53 - If Huey Lewis and Rowdy Roddy Piper had a love child... 🙂
I do repair/maintenance for a pro transfer service (just earlier today), last I heard they knew OF a mold specialist. We'll want to know what's going on there, I'll check it out. I'm often the last to hear of bad and good news, so me saying this means nothing.
Wow. I am amazed that you passed up the obvious pun:
It's the "Webzini Halloweenie Frazzini Beanie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
Nevertheless, a very impressive effort to successfully resurrect the dead, my man...🙂
Open your eyes your on cablevison . It’s always new to me coming thought to me cable vision gets the best of what’s on my tv . Cablvison coming to Your tv area some time in the past . Ben doing a cable vision commercial .
You made it run as well as we saw, that pretty good!
"always wrap it up and stick it in" is great advice. 4:05
27:16 - the zombie Cal Worthington!
I'm willing to bet that the graveyard headstone pitch sketch will hit a copyright strike...just a feeling...
I noticed you've added a TBC to your setup. What brand/model is it? Love the content, btw.
Hotronic AP41.
25:37 My name is Count Terclockwise. 😅
Echhh... If this was the only copy of the special and in trying to clean the tape you destroyed it, rendering the footage forever lost, I think we would all forgive you for it. Maybe even give you a medal. I never thought public access could get more dull than 24/7 school lunch menus and garbage collection notifications, but those seem like a freaking theme park stunt show compared to this. Wolfman Mac and Boney Bob, these guys ain't.
Indeed. A bad film can be entertaining in how bad it is, a _borring_ film doesn't have that luxury.
@@Fuji086 This is below student video project quality. The jokes and ideas just aren't there. The "I always hated that cat" was the only thing that made me almost crack a smile and let out a polite "heh." Even that actual student video project that this channels sometimes shows where they make a radio on a cooking show looks like a bleeding classic era SNL skit compared to this. Usually I'd say, at least they look like they're having fun, but even they look bored doing this.
25:00 You spent all that time(3 days) rehabilitating this U-Matic cartridge so you could salvage *THAT?* You'd have been better to just shove the tape into the garbage bin.
Thought about trying to put in a raw RF tap into the umatic so you could do an RF capture and software decode?
I never liked that cat anyway!
What I’m most interested in, oddly enough, is the silent film actress on your mousepad that’s visible when you show the transfer process. Is it Theda Bara?
Yes.
Having to deal with problematic media makes you hit the bottle (hence the Everclear), eh?
I kid, I kid.
I need to replace that bottle-a few years worth of junk swimming around in there. I’m sure I’ve unintentionally diluted it by now.
@@OddityArchive So it's not, in fact, 'ever'clear.
@jasonhaman4670 Not where I'm involved.
What TBC is that? My Umatic definitely needs one.
Hotronic AP41
Hi Ben
26:54 is that Roddy Piper?
"I've come to kick ***, and chew bubble gum...
(Fitting line for the tape :) )
What's also wrong is the misspelling, you left out the 'u'. The correct spelling is *Mouldy!*
Can you feed it on to an audio reel?
I’m not sure 3/4” audiotape was ever a thing.
@@OddityArchive I wonder if you could 3d print a reel that would hold it fit on a reel to reel
Given the appropriate design, I'm sure someone could.
I’m sorry, but I couldn’t help but chuckle at the ‘baked’ comments. :)
Found the pot head
Flash flooding... Chemtrails, Nuff said!!!
David,
Those poor cats