Apparatus for reproducing video signals in a slow-motion operating mode

An apparatus for reproducing video signals recorded on tracks which are obliquely formed on a tape comprising:

• head means for scanning said tracks;
• tape capstan motor means for driving said tape in a longitudinal direction of the latter;
• tape driving means for generating a motor drive pulse, having a waveform shape as defined by a pulse width and a pulse amplitude, and a motor brake pulse which are applied to said tape capstan motor means and which respectively produced forward and reverse current flow through said tape capstan motor means effective for intermittently advancing said tape by an amount corresponding to a predetermined number of said tracks at time intervals which are determined in accordance with a selected slow-motion speed of advancement of said tape;
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• compensating means for varying the waveform shape of said motor drive pulse in accordance with said selected slow-motion speed.