8mm playback problem
 

Is there any way to recover footage recorded on digital 8mm video?
I recorded an entire 120 minute tape on a sony DCR-TRV520. I had
even
reviewed the footage. Then 5 minutes into the tape it appears to
have been erased. I get a gray screen.


The counter continues to run. In fact the audio is still there, but
a
gray screen for video.
Now according to you the data is still there but how do I recover it.
Right now I am the only one I know with a 8mm video camera. I'm
thinking I can sneak it into BestBuy and play it on one of their
machines.

Just prior to this problem the camera developed a problem caused by
the tape being stuck in the carrage. I forcedthe tape out and then I
could only get a blue screen on play back wt anytape. I took the
cover off to access the tape head to clean , and the camera started
working. I finished cleaning the head and reassembled the camera and
discovered the missing footage on the last tape I used.

To repeat the problem now: the video dissapears 5 minutes into the
playback, the tape counter continues to count; and them audio of the
original taping.