I got a bunch of VCR home-recorded movie tapes. All were recorded on normal
commercial tapes, the "autoplay" tab was still there, so it is the normal
tape type I use.

I played several and they are OK. But I played one tape, which looks
perfectly normal, with strange results.

After tape is inserted in VCR, the VCR automatically turns on (normal).
When I start Play, a first movie scene shows, but within seconds, Play
stops, the VCR shuts itself off.

The tape looks normal, no damage, etc.

What is happening here?

ms

Meat Plow wrote:
On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:16:32 +0000, ms wrote:

I got a bunch of VCR home-recorded movie tapes. All were recorded on normal
commercial tapes, the "autoplay" tab was still there, so it is the normal
tape type I use.

I played several and they are OK. But I played one tape, which looks
perfectly normal, with strange results.

After tape is inserted in VCR, the VCR automatically turns on (normal).
When I start Play, a first movie scene shows, but within seconds, Play
stops, the VCR shuts itself off.

The tape looks normal, no damage, etc.

What is happening here?


Tape inside cassette may be dragging causing the machine to shut down.
Yep, slap the cassette (gently) flat on the table a few times,
then turn it upside down and repeat.
After that, do a fast wind to the end, and a rewind.
That might cure it.

Sjouke Burry wrote in
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Meat Plow wrote:
On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:16:32 +0000, ms wrote:

I got a bunch of VCR home-recorded movie tapes. All were recorded on
normal commercial tapes, the "autoplay" tab was still there, so it
is the normal tape type I use.

I played several and they are OK. But I played one tape, which looks
perfectly normal, with strange results.

After tape is inserted in VCR, the VCR automatically turns on
(normal). When I start Play, a first movie scene shows, but within
seconds, Play stops, the VCR shuts itself off.

The tape looks normal, no damage, etc.

What is happening here?


Tape inside cassette may be dragging causing the machine to shut
down.
Yep, slap the cassette (gently) flat on the table a few times,
then turn it upside down and repeat.
After that, do a fast wind to the end, and a rewind.
That might cure it.


Thanks to all. That tape is now mixed in a big pile of the others, will
post back when I find it again. Due to the movies, the tapes may be 25
years old, unused for years, although my own tapes of that vintage never
hang up that way. I do notice the color is going in one, and several
video glitches in some of them.

ms