VHS player thinks some tapes are VHS-ET but aren't?
I have about 5 tapes I cannot convert as my S-VHS player (Panasonic NV-HS830) thinks they are VHS-ET. It's automatically picking this up and of course the playback is broken, because they aren't. Has anyone any ideas on how to bypass this?
One of the tapes, I managed to get past this by manually tracking to the point it lost the VHS-ET flag, but I've had no luck with the rest. What is it seeing that makes it think it's VHS-ET? |
Can you post some screen shots or a short clip, If it's reading it as S-VHS ET the image shouldn't be broken up it should display black streaks like a true S-VHS tape, Something else is going on with the tape.
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There is no "VHS-ET".
- S-VHS ET, yes. (expanded tech, extended timebase, others retconned names) - VHS-ET, no. This can flash on/off when the tape is bad. I see this quite a bit on JVC decks. I was not aware of any Panasonic deck having the feature. :hmm: |
You are correct, I missed the S! Here's an image showing the flag showing up with a standard VHS:
https://i.ibb.co/Df5w5dS/IMG-20200712-223358.jpg Here's what the playback looks like: https://i.ibb.co/yN0HCN9/IMG-20200712-223404.jpg Does anyone know what the machine uses to deduce the tape is recorded in S-VHS ET? There's no setting to change playback mode, it's all automatic, so I'm not sure what to do... |
No that's not S-VHS ET signal, It's either the tape is erased, recorded on a badly missaligned VCR, a speed standard that the VCR cannot handle, or bad playback VCR. Don't worry about the logo, some JVC machines display S-VHS ET when they can't lock on a standard. You need a different VCR to find out what's wrong with the tapes.
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S-VHS ET was designed to record a S-VHS like signal on normal VHS tapes i understand, indeed trying to play this VHS tape on a different VHS VCR could help, one that would not have the ET feature, otherwise it really could be a bad recording :(
I however did find a notice on a JVC support page: Quote:
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He doesn't have any S-VHS ET tapes, his VCR heads were dirty as he mentioned.
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I was thinking that the S-VHS ET "detection" of this recorder is causing the problem, i do know from the other posts the tapes were not recorded with S-VHS ET.
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Unfortunately it's currently nonoperational due to a mechanical issue, so I can't check this. I know the playback from it is blurry as well (is this worn heads? can it be fixed?), so I wouldn't want to capture from it anyway. I have a bog standard Sharp deck from the mid 2000s that I just can't get to at the minute. I've put the tapes aside the Panasonic can't handle and will try them on the Sharp when I get a chance. I've a feeling it's going to play them though. |
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Yes, it happens on my VCR too, but it wouldn't switch to S-VHS ET on its own when playing back a stable VHS tape unless it has an electronic failure. Eric-Jan's idea of not playing a tape because it might be defaulting to S-VHS ET has no basis what so ever.
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If so, VHS tape is truly flawless, then deck error as you say. |
According to his own thread the problem was dirty heads not tapes:
http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/vcr-...html#post70165 |
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