So this has happened twice now and I am not sure what is happening. I had an issue where a Hi8 tape would not fit into a camcorder because the tape cartridge was damaged. So I took the tape apart, and transferred the tape on the inside to another cartridge. Once in the new cartridge, I try to play it in the camcorder and the camcorder only plays the audio, no video is shown whatsoever.
This happened again, I already recorded the video and audio successfully but noticed later that the audio was messed up so I wanted to record the tape again. And again, I was having an issue getting the tape inside the camcorder so I took the tape apart and transferred it into another tape. Once I put that new tape into the camcorder, only the audio would play and NOT the video.
So I have no idea what I am doing that could possibly cause this, and if there is any remedy to recovering that lost video. Some things I have tested:
-Its not the camcorder itself, I have tried the tapes on multiple camcorders and the same result. And tapes I have not taken apart work fine in the camcorder.
-I wonder if the tape cartridge itself is not compatible somehow with the tape? Don't know if this is a thing.
-I wonder if maybe the screwdriver I am using, which has a weak magnetic head, might be wiping the video from the tape, but not the audio. I've never heard of this happening but figure it is a possibility.
-I've also cleaned the heads of all my camcorders and no difference.
Any ideas?
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