So I am trying to put all my home video onto my computer. my expensive vcr has the upper half of the videos all distorted. I think I may know the problem. when I rewound the tape in this vcr, the spools were uneven. and the only two sites I could find that address this issue recommended hitting the tape on a flat surface and then rewinding. It worked to a degree, but when I put the tape in a cheaper vcr that I took fresh out of the box today after it had sat in my attic for 16 years unopened, it doesn't have that problem. Then I tried cleaning the heads, and when I was trying the tape again, I noticed the winding problem.
if one vcr is not having a problem winding the tape, it must be this vcr that is causing the spool to have the "bumpy" appearance rather than the tape. what would cause it to do that. Can I fix it. and would that uneven winding cause the distortion that I am experiencing with the video?
and the cheaper vcr doesn't have the distortion either. it reads the tape perfectly.
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I was told that
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It doesn't affect playback at all. The reason for this is that the spools don't control the speed of the tape. There is typically a capstan near the head(s) that drives the tape at a constant speed, and the spools are simple source/takeup mechanisms.
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if that is true, what would cause the problem I having with the picture?