Apparatus and method for forward/reverse slow motion video reproduction.

摘要

Disclosed is a four-head image reproduction system for performing a slow motion video reproduction in the forward and reverse directions by intermittently repeating stoppage and normal speed operation of a magnetic tape (2) on which images are recorded in accordance with the azimuth technique. In response to a reproduction control signal (10) which has reference pulses of a predetermined polarity generated from a detecting section (37) including a control head (36), a control section (50) first receives the reference pulse regardless of the forward or reverse slow reproduction mode and then stops a capstan (62) when a period of time corresponding to half the period of the reference pulse elapses. In this condition, the level of a pair of heads for special reproduction mounted on a rotating drum (30) is set to have a predetermined difference from that of a pair of heads for normal recording/reproducing.