![]() ![]() Oxide will undoubtedly be loaded up in the heads. CLEAN your VHS deck after you run this tape. This splice is intended for a ONE TIME transfer of the tape, not an archival fix. If you do this NEVER reverse the splice over the spinning heads i.e., don't scan or search over the splice but hit rewind and let the tape fully retract into the case before rewinding.Īlso, never leave a gap with the adhesive peeking through you will be sorry. The overlap MUST be in the direct that the heads spin you should get the concept. Let the outgoing edge of the splice slightly overlap the incoming bit of video tape. Cut both tape ends simultaneously without losing alignment (or buy a splicing block). Use a mylar tape, demagnetize a pair of scissors (or use aluminum ones) and lay the tape across itself where the splice is supposed to be. You will get a control track glitch and image roll. It was aluminized mylar tape and had a splicing block that looked like a 1/4 inch audio tape block.įorget about a seamless splice as far as a coherent image goes. I had some long, interesting conversations about archival handling of VHS (which would apply also to other composite formats) and how they'd be best captured.Īctually, there WERE VHS splicing tape kits sold by Leader in the USA. Whatever you do, you'll want to capture it immediately to an archival format and never touch the original tape again. ![]() The splice will be hit by the head at least seven or eight times, creating multiple opportunities to pick up the edge and peel the joint apart. You'll get a long period of broken mess as the splice rolls gradually past the head drum. Make sure you're sticking it onto the non-signal side. Do you have a half-inch splicing block to do it on? Alignment will be tricky otherwise. Really the splicing tape ought to be the same width as the tape. The solution here is to probably respool the two halves you need into new cassettes, taking extreme care not to introduce dust or to create static while spooling the tape quickly, which will selectively erase parts of the magnetic pattern and cause fixed dropouts. If it peels apart you may end up filling the head gap with glue from the tape, which would be bad. ![]() I'm not really sure it was ever intended that anyone would splice VHS. ![]()
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