Recording and/or reproducing apparatus having no capstan and no pinch roller and method of controlling the same

摘要

A recording and/or reproducing apparatus which includes no pinch roller and no capstan and wherein the converging time to a rotated speed upon starting of feeding of a tape can be reduced and the tape can be fed stably at the rated speed during recording and/or reproduction of the tape is disclosed. A rotary encoder (12a) for detecting a period of rotation is disposed between a recording and/or reproducing head (10) and a take-up side reel (3), and a feeding position of the tape is calculated (30) from the period of rotation detected by the rotary encoder.