Repairing a Seriously Damaged 8mm Video Tape

Robert John Hadfield discusses classic analog media and recordings from the Audiomover studio in Southern Utah.
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[@douglaslin5469]

Thanks for the video. I recall seeing this done decades ago and was intimidated. But you made it look straightforward and logical. Thank you for your explanation of the 8 mm video tapes and how to splice them. Much appreciated.

[@randallbrown3317]

Why do so many of these RUclipsrs NOT prepare what they are going to say! This guy is the poster child for After thoughts! Simply said would be the 3 mentioned formats are all 8mm!! The newer tape after 8mm was MINI DV!

[@user-uh9lh8yo7l]

Thanks for the info I have at least 10 of this tapes and I noticed that the tape part is hard to move but now I know why and what to do I thought I had to put some kind of oil or something to lose it up Thanks Now I plan to take them and have them put them on CD I can't wait to see the finish result I hadn't done it because I thought my tapes were damage but thanks to you now I know there not Thanks again 👍

[@EclectikTronik]

The result of a helical scan head rotating at over 1000 rpm hitting a crude splice made with sticky tape like the one in this video is very often damage to the head chips. It is extremely unwise to splice video tape, especially since working players are getting harder to find, and especially using adhesive tape which oozes and sticks the tape layers together, rather than proper splicing tape which is easily available online. Best to find a junk cassette, empty its reels, and attach each one to one half of your broken original so you have two cassettes each containing a part of your damaged original. No harm to the VCR and you can remake the transfer in future if required.

[@ManuelPorcell-el9cx]

How do clean slightly moldy tapes? Also as you mentioned, de-assemble the casing in order to rewind manually to avoid crinkles or breakages because of the higher rate of speed during rew/ffw ?

[@rennostirenny]

I've done few of those (opened and fetched both tape leads) and yes, they are a bit fiddly to put back together..but then, if it plays right once after the repair, who cares. Good video, though, cheers

[@therealmichaelphelps]

Thanks for sharing this, off topic, have you gotten into upscaling videos?

[@akkafietje137]

The final operation is very fast, do I understand that the repair tape is only on the not shining side of the video tape, and smaller then de 8 mm video tape ?
Thanks for the info

[@mousechat3]

Hi thank you for this video, I was wondering if you could do a video about how to reassemble a 8mm cassette, which upon opening the spring that opens and closes the flap pops out and the flap doesn't open / close because the spring is loose, I tried for nearly two days to put the spring back but with no luck getting the spring back into place , had to revert to case swapping with a newer 8mm cassette case which has a smaller spring which stayed in place, I did carefully open the case the moment I lifted to top from the bottom the spring did a 360 and I could not work out how to fix this, any advice would be great I really struggled and didn't manage to fix it, thank you reading my problem

[@RealHomeRecording]

Same thing just happened to me. That darn spring....I think they are all assembled differently depending on which tape brand you have.

[@joshuapowell1868]

Broken vhs tapes are fixable with Scotch tape at all times everything proven it continues to start playing with out no problem's if you know what you are doing