Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating a ramp at cutpoints in a cut and rotate video line scrambling system. The undesirable shortening of the active portion of the video line which typically occurs in cut and rotate scrambling to overcome the problem of abrupt transitions at the cutpoints is eliminated by providing a synthesized ramp between the video amplitude level at the cutpoint and the blanking level at each of the cutpoints. This synthesized ramp is calculated by digital logic in conjunction with a delay line for inserting the ramp at its proper temporal position in the video signal. The ramp approximates a sine.sup.2 function and is formed of three consecutive pixels, each pixel having an associated calculated video amplitude.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for synchronizing a randomized video signal to a phase-locked sampling system. The phase-locked system is part of a scrambling apparatus capable of scrambling and subsequent descrambling of video signals recorded on videotape recorders which undesirably introduce time-base errors into the luminance/chrominance phase relationship. These time-base errors are removed without use of a time-base corrector by programmable delay line memory circuitry which introduces a programmable amount of delay into the video path. The delay line includes a programmable length FIFO memory module.