Video8 / Hi8 / Digital8 alignment and pinch rollers.
Further to our previous video on this subject, we do some more work with a Digital 8 player, which we put of alignment to match customers tapes which have defective recordings. We also get involved in 8mm pinch rollers.
Playback of misaligned 8mm video tapes
• Playback of misaligned 8mm video tapes
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00:00 Intro
01:11 Good recording, misaligned player
02:05 Look at tape path with microscope
03:57 Strip off cabinetwork
04:30 Closer look during playback
05:15 Pinch roller mounting
09:11 Refit pinch roller
11:31 Sorted alignment
12:14 Mis-align to suit bad tape
13:48 Pinch roller compatibility
15:38 Video alignment tools
17:23 Conclusion