Old Tape problem

[Tuckerman Moss]

I'm making some DVD's from old analog VHSC cassettes - playing them 
through my DV camera into iMovie.  all works fine.  But today I've come 
up with a tape that seems to play VERY slowly in the old analog camera. 
  Plays fine in a VHS stand-alone player.  I'm suspicious that the old 
camera record head, capstans and stuff are just dirty.  Can I clean a 
VHS head with Q-tips and alcohol?  Is there a cleaning tape for this 
size?  Any other thoughts/reasons?  I can't just sidestep the camera 
and record from the VHS player because the tape is NTSC but the player 
is PAL - with internal translation.  There's no output point where it's 
NTSC.  And my dv camera is NTSC also.  Don't ask - it works for me.

Thanks,  Tuck

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Tuckerman Moss • The Old Vicarage • West Anstey • United Kingdom
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