Tape Lengths and Durations 1. Playing Time in minutes for Audio Tape Length in Feet | Speed - Inches per second | 1 7/8 | 3 3/4 | 7 1/2 | 15 | 30 | 600 | 64 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 900 | 96 | 48 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 1200 | 128 | 64 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 1800 | 192 | 96 | 48 | 24 | 12 | 2400 | 256 | 128 | 64 | 32 | 16 | 3600 | 384 | 192 | 96 | 48 | 24 |
2. Betacam Tape Data Tape Type | Tape | NTSC | PAL | Weight | Length(m) | Rec | Rec | with Case | 5 | 42 | 6 | 6 | 260 | 10 | 78 | 11 | 12 | 270 | 20 | 150 | 21 | 24 | 285 | 30 | 222 | 31 | 36 | 300 | 60 Large | 457 | 64 | 75 | 730 | 90 Large | 670 | 94 | 110 | 790 |
3. VHS PAL tapes used to record NTSC A NTSC Recording of | Needs a PAL Tape of | A NTSC Recording of | Needs a PAL Tape of | 5 mins | 8 mins | 45 mins | 65 mins | 10 mins | 15 mins | 50 mins | 72 mins | 15 mins | 22 mins | 55 mins | 79 mins | 20 mins | 29 mins | 60 mins | 86 mins | 25 mins | 36 mins | 90 mins | 129 mins | 30 mins | 43 mins | 120 mins | 172 mins | 35 mins | 50 mins | 166 mins | 238 mins | 40 mins | 58 mins | | | |