An endoscope apparatus includes a light source device, an image pickup device, and an observation monitor. A tape drive system according to one embodiment includes a magnetic head for reading data from a magnetic tape, a thermal sensor for detecting a thermal effect thereon from the magnetic tape passing by the thermal sensor, a drive mechanism for passing the tape over the head, and a processor for causing alteration of a readback signal from the magnetic head based on an output of the thermal sensor. Alternately, the cleat can function as an portable article carrier. Also included is a generation module to transform the print features represented in the converted pixel map to a plurality of corresponding waveform features to produce the optical waveform of the selected marking, the corresponding waveform features including a plurality of spaced apart peaks representing respective optical signal levels of the print features. The media guidance application may generate for display the media asset with the selected scene incorporated into the selectable play length portion.