| 摘要 |
<p>An endless tape videocassette (10) is provided which is relatively inexpensive to manufacture while providing a relatively long serpentine path (A, B, C, A', B', C') for the tape (40), maintaining at least some tension (22, 24, 28) on substantially all portions of the tape when the cassette is in its operative or play state, and preferably also when the cassette is in its inoperative state, and which assures that there is substantially no intertape contact and no significant contact between the tape and static surfaces when the tape is being played. Systems (64-69) are also provided to utilize an endless tape videocassette (10) for the continuous play of an audiovisual clip and/or for the random accessing of video frames or other data units stored on the tape (40), or for real-time browsing of video image frames.</p> |
