Cleaning Noisy tape in miniDV and VHS

[JaimeCraig]

Cleaning Noisy tape in miniDV and VHS

I played back some miniDV tapes and found that some portion of the video had disturbance and mosaic type lines. I read it because the tapes may be old. How can this be cleaned or solved?

Also for the VHS tapes, I don't have a player to view them and so don't know if they work good(~25 years old). Is there any maintenance tips or any particular spot in the tape to be cleaned? 

Thanks

[JaimeCraig]

I played back some miniDV tapes and found that some portion of the video had disturbance and mosaic type lines. I read it because the tapes may be old. How can this be cleaned or solved?

Also for the VHS tapes, I don't have a player to view them and so don't know if they work good(~25 years old). Is there any maintenance tips or any particular spot in the tape to be cleaned? 

Thanks

[Peter_S.]

Hi JaimeCraig,

The problem is that the tapes become magnetized during longer storage. Therefore it is recommended to rewind the tapes once in a while. Unfortunately, the effect cannot be reversed and cleaning is of no use in this case.

Cheers

Peter