Hello

I am very distressed.

I recorded some footage today with my friends and we played it back a
couple of times and it was fine.

Then we went out and recorded a bit more footage (it was raining at
this time, though I don't see how the tape could have been affected)
and played it back, fine. When I got home to look back at the footage,
I rewound the tape and played it back. To my shock there were six
vertical lines that ran through the footage, which I had just hours
ago looked at and seen was perfectly fine. The lines run all through
the footage.

Please help me, how can I get rid of the lines? Would putting the tape
in another digital video camera solve the problem? I don't care about
the camera, just getting this footage back from the tape, it also
seems to be going a bit faster than before aswell I think...

I found someone who has taken a series of screenshots when they had
the same problem, they just said that their one fixed itself after a
while, but I don't have a while as this is for important coursework!:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y157/bscampbell/P1101450.jpg

Mine doesn't have the pink dots though.
thanks

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Clarification of Question by jaksmit-ga on 18 Feb 2006 16:52 PST

here is a picture I took of the cam-corder's view finder (I haven't
got the cables on me to transfer the exact movie to computer):
http://img353.imageshack.us/my.php?image=blacklines19ev.jpg

This is generally a sign that the head is dirty. You should try
cleaning it with a cleaning tape recommended for your camera.
Alternatively, if a cleaner is not available, if some tape has shed
and clogged the head you can sometimes "clean it off" with another
tape by putting it in and then playing and then fast previewing or
reviewing which can scrub the loose gunk off the heads.

i can't understand your question