8mm Tapes Tracking Error

[TazDave]

Hi. I'm tranferring some 8mm Hi8 tapes for a friend & they have a tracking error similar to the tape on this thread -

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/371032-Video8-captured-files-with-large-horizontal-bands

The tapes were recorded at long speed but I don't think that has anything to do with it.

Apart from the video distortion I have noticed the sound cuts in & out or completely dissapears.

Out of 10 tapes this happens on 4 of them. The rest are fine.

I have seen some videos where you dismantle the camcorder & make adjustments & then dismantle again after the adjustments but I think the source camera may be at fault.

He bought over his camera but it was very dirty & could not play anything.

I have attached a screen shot but not a video as it's the same error as on the link above.

Any suggestions?

Thank you

[Marvolo]

Any suggestions?

It pretty much seems as if you're trying to play back tapes that were recorded in a misaligned camcorder resulting in poor playback if you're trying to play them back in a normal or correctly aligned camcorder.

The problem is not uncommon. Since I'm currently dealing with the same issue, I just published a post on here, trying to share my findings. Maybe it'll help you too.

How to playback 8mm video tapes that were recorded in a misaligned camcorder