--- You wrote: If by 'baking' you mean fast forwarding to the end, then rewinding to get it to run more smoothly, --- end of quote ---
But baking literally means heating the tape to 120 degrees for ten hours or so.
It's actually a process patented by Ampex for recovering old tapes that screech
and moan. I just don't know if it is safe or effective on 8mm video tape. I
may find out pretty soon on my own.
Here's a url, if you are dubious:
http://beradio.com/notebook/radio_baking_magnetic_recording_2/
Rich
Seems to go against all known convention for care of video and audio tapes (CD, DVD etc., too).
But come to think of it, my wife bakes some of her music cassette tape and CD collection every summer...
in her car. As an audio guy, drives me crazy! Especially seeing a tape or CD left on the dash.
But when you think about it, temperatures inside many video/audio tape machines can get quite warm especially installed in a poorly ventilated rack, home media center... or a car.
Mike
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