Abstract: A tape driving control apparatus is arranged such that the leading end portion and its vicinity or the trailing end portion and its vicinity of the magnetic tape is detected when the magnetic tape is wound at a high speed around the reel on the winding side from the reel on the feed side by a pair of reel motors, and the tape speed is made lower in the leading end portion and its vicinity or in the trailing end portion and its vicinity, and is made higher in the tape central portion so as to thereby shorten the winding time and to reduce noises due to the reel rotation.

Abstract: A tape drive control apparatus controls to set a tape speed to be constant in a fast forward or rewind mode (wherein a magnetic tape is driven by only reel motors without using a capstan) by using an output from rotation detectors for respectively detecting rotational frequencies of the supply and take-up reels, and to set a tape tension to be constant in a constant-speed mode (wherein the magnetic tape is driven by the capstan) by utilizing part of a tape velocity control system irrespective of the rotational frequency of the capstan.