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Yan Grossman Posted on Dec 01, 2006

Playback Problems Hi, I have this Sony Digital8 camera and I am having problems with playback. This happens with 99% of my tapes. Most of the tapes are hi8 tapes and recorded in digital format. The problem is basically a jittering or a little skipping of pixels with an image, kind of a scrambling of pixels. The sound will also skip. It's hard to explain, so I put a little video on google's video that show a little scene and you can see what's going on. I would really appreciate any help with that. Thanks so much the video is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV_Y4NtGkRs

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  • Anonymous Dec 17, 2007

    Same problem here with skipping jitters both audio and sound which suggests to me a problem with the tape itself or a slipping drive mechanism. I haven't figured out a way to fix it. At times, the problem goes away and all returns to normal. I am using old tapes and perhaps they get stiff or something. I am still experimenting.

  • Same Problem Jan 01, 2008

    I have the same problem when tring to replay some older (i.e., 5 years old) tapes which I recorded using the same camera.  But if I record something now and play it back, I do not have the same issue.  Hence, I suspect that it is a tape problem rather than a camera problem.  Have you experienced he same thing?

  • pamaassa Nov 09, 2008

    when I playback video, it skips

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Ditto. Old tapes seem to be related to the problem. All I have to do is put in a new tape, play it, remove it, put the old one back in and it will play normally again. I can't explain why. I know the camera has an automatic tape detection feature and I wonder if it is at fault. Perhaps the camera has trouble detecting older tapes and the brains get scrambled. A new tape resets the detector. It's just a guess.

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SOURCE: Hi8 Playback Compatibility with Digital* Camcorders

I believe all Sony model DCR-TRV2XX and 3XX would play Hi 8 and ST8
Such as DCR-TRV265, DCR-TRV285 DCR-TRV340, DCR-TRV355
I hope that give you some ideas

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