[David Martin]

I too am having the same issue RIGHT NOW!! One brand horrible for me, the other brand playing 98% fine. But yes, it appears to be some kind of time code or sync issue.

August Taconi — did replacing the video heads allow you to go back to the problem tapes and play them OK? Or was the footage not salvagable.

Chas Smith — Your problem is my exact nightmare right now. I have hours of home video footage that won’t play smoothly enough to be worth a darn.

Canon told me to ingest all the good tapes that I can. Then send in camera for “adjustments” to see if it’ll play the bum tapes.

Should I put the money into new heads?? I may not have a choice. And I can’t find a robust deck anywhere. Would love to know how you all are doing with this today!

Thanks!