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One possible trick that MIGHT realign the tape tracking is to rewind and or fast forward the tape to set it on the reels - there's some tolerance there as well as in the tape mech - IOW, the tape can shift a bit in it's track at least in theory, this combined with minor tracking problems can result in the bits not being in quite the right place at the right time.
I've read of people "whacking" the casette on one side or the other to shift the tape manually if it had "settled" from poor storage, but I've no idea if that is applicable in the least! But it would seem to be related?
I've fiddled with realigning MiniDV mechanisms, they are touchy li'l beasts, and you'd be best to find someone familiar with them as mis/overadjusting can chew up the tape. I've practiced on a "junk" mech and tapes that I recorded on other cams just for test purposes...
I'd adjusted tape tracking on old analog equipment a few times with sucess, so I wasn't afraid of poking the miniDV mech with a sharp stick a few times... but I gather the tolerances are FAR tighter, thus why it's relatively easy for these to go out of alignment.
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