8mm video splicing blocks

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8mm video splicing blocks

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We have done work on 8mm tapes in the past, but suitable editing blocks used to be hard to source. Now we can buy new ones, let's try out a 8mm splicing kit. Suitable for use with Video8, Hi8 and Digital 8 tapes.
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Music “Let It Run” with permission, copyright Cristie/MacFarlane.
Sorry I do not offer an audio or video equipment repair service.
00:00 Introduction
03:16 Dismantle 8mm tape
04:06 Using USA model 8mm block
08:07 Runway Pro Audio kit
17:33 Editall blocks in 1/4 and 1/2 inch
19:12 Screwdriver kit
19:27 Conclusion

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@barrieshepherd7694 2 жыл бұрын

A tip from my audio editing days. Always lay both ends of the tape over the cut line together and make one cut. This minimises the chance of a gap exposing the heads to the splice tape.

@frankowalker4662 2 жыл бұрын

I was going to say the same thing. I repair my reel to reel tapes that way when they snap. :) (some I've had since i was a kid in the 70's)

@barrieshepherd7694 2 жыл бұрын

@@frankowalker4662 Like wise - I still have my treasured EMI jointing block and collection of coloured leader tape in the red EMI plastic cases.

@frankowalker4662 2 жыл бұрын

@@barrieshepherd7694 Cool.

@BethesdaVideo 2 жыл бұрын

I have a plastic spoon with a very rounded edge that I use to remove the air bubbles from behind the splicing tape. It has been in my splicing kit for years.

@zx8401ztv 2 жыл бұрын

I think i like the concave trench, i have the feeling that a smooth shiney trench would not damage the tape and it would make a bit of surface vaccume effect being smooth and shiney. I could be talking rubbish though lol.

@JacGoudsmit 2 жыл бұрын

The most important thing to realize when you splice a magnetic tape is that it's a temporary solution. No matter how good your tools and materials are, sooner or later it's going to come apart again, or it's going to force you to open your player if you play the tape often enough. So once you do the repair (or once you're done being creative), make a copy of the tape and keep that as the new original. Avoid playing the splice tape as much as possible.

@video99couk 2 жыл бұрын

In my case I do the repair, digitise the tape, and it's usually finished with at that point.

@bobsbits5357 2 жыл бұрын

hi you are right about the tape and about video heads i got some poundland tape that is ok to use on audio tape like 1/4 inch up 1/8 i have to use the right tape some tape is to powerfull getting hold of 2 inch edit tape is cost big money so i have to use some thing you can't here at 15 ips

@amatorev 2 жыл бұрын

but when the stuck piece of film passes through the head the deck will be forced to make a noise and the camera will stop writing or playing the cassette

@video99couk 2 жыл бұрын

What stuck piece of film? The tape I spliced will play perfectly well, apart from the inevitable picture disturbance.

@eddude2571 Жыл бұрын

I used your link for the splicing block and tape kit, but I guess I can't buy it if I'm in the US? Most countries are listed on their site except the US. How do I purchase this?

@video99couk Жыл бұрын

You could try emailing the supplier on info@runwayproaudio.com to see if they can do USA shipping.

@andrewverran3498 2 жыл бұрын

Any chance you could share how to reattach a hi8 tape that has broken off at the start of the spool?..that little piece of plastic brick that holds the tape is a bastard to get back in with the tape aligned. Cheers

@video99couk 2 жыл бұрын

On some shells it is nearly impossible, so I tend to use a spool from a scrap tape and splice the leaders together.

@andrewverran3498 2 жыл бұрын

@@video99couk thanks for the reply..

@karlmunford7000 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if anyone can help me. I have twenty or thirty 8mm video cassettes I'm trying to play, I have tried to play them in a video 8 camcorder but they slide in but the door will not close which maybe a faulty camcorder, I'm not sure. The tapes were all recorded on the same camera now lost, and although made by different companies such as Scotch and Sony they all have the same words of *'P5-90'_ on them which I can not find any information on, nor does anyone seem to mention it an any of the videos I have watched. What I need to know is what camcorder will play them? Thanks.

@video99couk 2 жыл бұрын

Certainly sounds like a faulty camcorder. I can run the tapes to video files for you, email me on colin@video99.co.uk

@northernplacecorporation 2 жыл бұрын

Hmm... Two questions. 1. Why didn't these metal Video 8/Hi8/Digital 8 splicing blocks get their way into the United Kingdom? And 2. What is Part 2 of the SRW-5500 going to be? Is it going to be an installation of the HKSR-5002 Digital Betacam playback board onto it?

@video99couk 2 жыл бұрын

1: The first 8mm block was sent by a friend in USA. He likes Hillman Avengers, so a proper good bloke. 2: Part 2 will be capturing video via SDI. If I get a HKSR-5002 then I will install it, but it's not worth spending money on.

@bobsbits5357 2 жыл бұрын

hi watch the video the hold down tape is like the pound land tape i have a vac pump that hold down tape to the block rolling up tape is a pain vac pump stopped this dead bob