Need to get mini DV tape to digital?

Mini-DV tape which I need to destroy the contents of to the point where it can be played but unrecognizable?

• Ive ran a fridge magnet over a portion of the tape, but it only pixelated that part of the tape a little bit. I want it to be completely destroyed if possible, but still need it to be played so that I can prove that I destroyed the content of the tape. Im doing this from home, and was wondering if I stuck the tape in water if that would destroy the content, or if I used bleach or something along those lines. I just dont want to ruin the tape, and want it to be playable, and possibly reused.

• Answer:

  Do you have to prove this to somebody? One option is to simply get that person with you, play the tape for them to show that it is indeed the right tape, and then simply record black or other useless material over the entire length of the tape, end to end. Then, play the tape back, end to end, and show that it is indeed black (or garbage recording) end to end. Then again, there will be no way to prove that you didn't make a copy of it before destroying it, but that's another matter. Some video places might have more powerful "degausser" magnets designed for tape erasure, but that's probably not a step that you need to take.