VHS Video Cassette and Tape Repair

This video shows how to take apart, clean, splice and reassemble a VHS video cassette and tape. Mainly it shows how to put it back together if you have a jumbled mess.

[yeahboy]

Sir, I just wanna say
You are a lifesaver
When I was a toddler I ruined the tape from our VHS which is a recording of my parents' wedding
And Now a 16yr old self of mine just fixed it with your help
Thanks

[ancpisc]

Thank you so much, been trying to save a tape from the 80s full of my parents college memories. Without this vid I would've been totally lost! You are a lifesaver dear sir.

[DeniseCold]

"Don't Despair"...sweeter words were never spoken. Saved my family memories. Thank you! Love that you went the extra mile and showed different types of cassettes.

[mrs.v-schoolbusdriver]

Thank you for showing all the different versions of the clips. I was successful in repairing my video. You saved a memory!!

[willardcmcd]

Thank you! Used this to take apart a family video VHS tape that had been eaten by the VCR when digitizing it. Managed to salvage almost the whole thing.

[Haruka_VII]

10:19 Thank you so much for this tutorial! All this information was extremely useful to save a rare commercial cassette release in my country that appeared to my hands with a broken tape. It now works well! 😄

[BubblyOasis]

Thank you so much for this video! I absolutely panicked when the springs popped out and I thought I had broken it forever. I had a bit of trouble with the putting the tape between the rollers (it's very hard to see since it's black-on-black) but I really appreciate this tutorial!

[Sol-Cutta]

This guy repaired his cassette beautifully, the best ive seen on these instructionals...a nice pro machine friendly splice. 💪

[ryan_stovall_]

Wow this is exactly what I needed, I bought a tape on eBay & the locking mechanism wasn’t working . I opened it backwards & was at a loss looking through 5 different videos on how to reassemble it. Thank you!

[noneofyourbusiness]

Fantastic video, the kind of in depth explanation I was searching for, the section on variations was especially appreciated!

[TheLuntic]

Thank you James. your tutorial helped me save recordings of my late grandfather.

[bobwinberry]

what Denise said, ""Don't Despair"...sweeter words were never spoken" thanks for takng the time to show how to do it when you started wrong ;)

[universorosabyrossegrado]

Thanks for the vídeo, i'm from México, with you video, I was able to recover videos from when I was little

[Collected-Light]

I love how you actually gave a preview if something went wrong too show how to fix it :') thanks alot

[thedrive]

I thought I would mess up doing and Im glad you showed me properly to put the pieces back.

[mattbatt]

Thank you. I am digitizing VHS tapes from the 80's and 90's and one came off the reel and you helped me recover a piece of my childhood.

[ashleyboman]

THANK YOU! I would have been lost without this video

[Beachbum]

This was huge help! Thank you! Saved my butt on a documentary project that has many old brittle vhs tapes, including one that broke internally!

[OrdoNekro]

I was able to repair my copy of the Seventh Seal, thanks to your video. Awesome :)

[aodaddycheerio]

I found a missing piece after fixing a tape and this video helped me find where to put it thank you!