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Control track

A control track is a track that runs along an outside edge of a standard analog videotape (including VHS). The control track encodes a series of pulses, each pulse corresponding to the beginning of each frame. This allows the video tape player to synchronize its scan speed and tape speed to the speed of the recording. Thus, the recorded control track…

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Control track damage

Video syncSignalsRecordingErrorDropout
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Significance and use

TrackingTelevision program
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Gallery

Type B videotapeQuadruplex videotape
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Overview

AnalogVideotapeVHSPulsesFrame
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Control track damage

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Control track

Nodes26
Edges25
Triples9
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.076923
Components1

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Control track

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related to Significance and use · 5
Control track → At, Since, The, VCR's, VCRs
related to Control track damage · 3
Control track → Problems, This, VCR's
is a · 1
Control track → track that runs along an outside edge of a standard analog videotape

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control track video videotape recording tape also speed playback analog vcrs used usually gap recorded tracking use head vcr's problems

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Control trackis atrack that runs along an outside edge of a standard analog videotape0.90text
Control trackrelated to Control track damageThis0.60section
Control trackrelated to Control track damageVCR's0.60section
Control trackrelated to Control track damageProblems0.60section
Control trackrelated to Significance and useThe0.60section
Control trackrelated to Significance and useSince0.60section
Control trackrelated to Significance and useVCRs0.60section
Control trackrelated to Significance and useVCR's0.60section
Control trackrelated to Significance and useAt0.60section

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