Hello Everyone, I had this error occur today while trying to review Christmas footage. Here's a summary of what happened.... I had just picked up the camcorder and turned it on to record some more christmas footage of the kids. Then I got the error. c:31:42. I have an older camcorder, so I tried the tape in there and got the same code! No matter what tape I put in the first camcorder, I kept getting the error. I noticed that with my old camcorder (both Sonys) the error message came up only once more when I put in a new tape, then when I ejected the new tape and put it back in, it worked. So, I opened the tape and noticed the some of the edges were a little crimped. I don't know what that happened, but luckily it was at the end of one scene and the start of blank tape. So, I just spliced the bad tape out and it worked. I found out that 8mm tapes are not the same as vhs when you need to unlock the cassette reels to let them spin. On VHS, you could just push in, but on 8mm, you have to pull down on the little square in the back middle bottom of the tape. I hope this helps someone out there.