{"id":809,"date":"2017-12-12T21:35:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T20:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pvdm.xs4all.nl\/blog\/?p=809"},"modified":"2021-10-25T18:12:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T16:12:23","slug":"dcc-digital-compact-cassette-tape-length-identification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/?p=809","title":{"rendered":"DCC digital compact cassette tape length identification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, for instance when there is a sticker on top of the text that says whether it is a DCC90, DCC75 or DCC60, you have to guess the tape length.<\/p>\n<p>Not anymore. I have created this diagram that show you just how long the tape is by looking at the casing (backside):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dcc-behuizing-speelduur-gatjes2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dcc-behuizing-speelduur-gatjes2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"706\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dcc-behuizing-speelduur-gatjes2.png 706w, https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dcc-behuizing-speelduur-gatjes2-150x101.png 150w, https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dcc-behuizing-speelduur-gatjes2-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/dcc-behuizing-speelduur-gatjes2-624x421.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Handy!<\/p>\n<p>It is really silly, some brands (hello BASF!) mention the length of the tape only once on the casing, and that is exactly where normally a title sticker would be placed. By looking at the diagram, you will no longer have to guess. The black circles in the drawing are holes in the casing.<\/p>\n<p>DCC90 would mean 45 minutes on side A, and 45 minutes on side B, totalling 90 minutes. In practice, there will always be a few extra minutes of tape in the cassette. This goes for all the formats.<\/p>\n<p>DCC75 is a bit strange, it was also not used in normal analog compact cassettes, but it would gave you 2 times 37 1\/2 minutes. Not quite sure what the reasoning behind that was.<\/p>\n<p>DCC60 is 2 times 30 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Have fun with it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, for instance when there is a sticker on top of the text that says whether it is a DCC90, DCC75 or DCC60, you have to guess the tape length. Not anymore. I have created this diagram that show you just how long the tape is by looking at the casing (backside): Handy! It is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-tape"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=809"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":816,"href":"https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809\/revisions\/816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reeltoreel.nl\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}