Assemble editing system for video tape recorder

Claim 1

An assemble editing system for a video tape recorder which has first and second video heads disposed on a rotary disc at an interval of 180° for sequentially recording a video signal for each field as a single skewed video track on a magnetic tape and for sequentially reproducing therefrom the video signal for each field, comprising: a sub-head disposed on said rotary disc at predetermined intervals with respect to said first and second rotary video heads; recording pause means responsive to a recording pause operation given by an operator during a recording mode for generating a recording pause signal until the recording pause operation is released; recording mute means responsive to the recording pause signal for interrupting the supply of the video signal to said first and second video heads at a timing that a video recording by said first video head is completed; means for rewinding the magnetic tape for a given time interval in response to the recording pause signal; means for running the magnetic tape in the forward direction in response to a recording pause release operation given after the magnetic tape has been rewound for the given time interval; final track detecting means for detecting, after the start of running of the magnetic tape in the forward direction, the final track of a previous recording pattern that is recorded on the magnetic tape by said first video head in accordance with the level of a reproduced output signal of said sub-head which traces video tracks recorded during the recording mode; and recording mute releasing means responsive to detection of the final track of the previous recording pattern for causing said recording mute means to restart the supply of video signal to said first and second video heads at a timing that a new video track is started to be recorded by said second video head which is adjacent to the final video track recorded by said first video head.