Reproducing apparatus capable of performing high-speed reproduction of a

Abstract

A video signal reproducing apparatus capable of performing high-speed reproduction comprises a reproducing circuit having at least one rotary video head for scanning over a tape recorded with a video signal on tracks formed obliquely with respect to the longitudinal direction of the tape and a control pulse recorded on a track formed along the longitudinal direction of the tape, for reproducing the video signal from the oblique tracks, a tape driving circuit for causing the tape travel at a speed higher than a tape speed upon normal reproduction during high-speed reproduction, a motor controlled of its rotation, a motor speed detecting circuit for detecting the rotational speed of the motor and producing a rotation detection signal having a repetition frequency in accordance with the detected rotational speed, an input switching circuit for supplying a signal reproduced from the tape to a frequency-voltage converter upon high-speed reproduction, where the frequency-voltage converter is supplied with the rotation detection signal from the motor speed detecting circuit upon normal reproduction, and a servo circuit for controlling the tape driving circuit and/or the motor by using an output voltage of the frequency-voltage converter as a speed control signal.