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Originally Posted by jlb2
I'd strongly advise against doing that. Splicing a video tape is a pretty sure way to kill the heads of an EIAJ recorder. Also, VHS tape is really fragile for an EIAJ transport which has much more tape tension than a VHS transport.
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I've run VHS tape on EIAJ decks before (though rather than splicing I just drilled holes in the VHS reels so they would go on the EIAJ deck), and it worked okay, though VHS tape will eventually stretch and become useless after a few plays.
I'd do some reading on labguy's world (a website) he seems to be the guru on EIAJ, and IIRC he addresses the tape degradation issue...Somewhere.