Digital video tape conversion to video formats

digital video tape conversion

Digital video tape conversion.

As you can see from the image above, there are three different tape formats for conversion to digital video files.

These are as follows.

Mini DV tape.

Video 8.

VHS-C

Video tape to USB Stick

In this instance we are copying the video tape formats to USB memory stick. But we can also convert video tape to Hard drive storage or DVD disc.

For more Information follow the link below.

Video to DVD and digital video formats Service

 

video 8 transfer to digital

Video 8 transfer to digital.

video 8 transfer to digital

We are at present in the process of a video 8 transfer to digital conversion job.

The job Involves transferring 26 video 8 tapes to AVI for the PC platform.

All tapes are first checked to make sure that there are no twists in the tape and that the cassette mechanism is not jammed in any way.

Tape head cleaning.

It is always recommended that the tape heads are cleaned on the play back machine on a regular bases. The fequencey of cleaning depends very much on the tapes and how dirty they are.

Method. Video 8 transfer to digital.

Video 8 video tape comes in 3 formats. These include Video 8, Hi 8 and Digital 8 video tape. The first 2 of these formats are analog and the Digital 8 is not surprisely digital.

Our transfer method is digital. Using Firewire connections between our video deck and computer with no quality loss.

Software capture.

For PC. We use Sony Vegas or Adobe Premier capture software for our video 8 transfer to digital service.

For Apple Mac users. We use Black magic design hardware. And Black Magic Media express software.

Storage of your video files.

External hard drive. The customer can supply an external hard drive for us to transfer the video files onto. Or we can buy one in for you.

USB stick. Again the customer can provide a USB stick for storing the files or we can buy one in for you. Please remember that storage capacity is much lower on USB flash drives than on external hard drives.

Cloud storage.

Video Image productions can also upload your video files to the cloud. Once the video is in the cloud we send you an email link so you can download your footage.

Picture cleaning.

All our video 8 transfer to digital conversions go through Time base correctors and 3D video filters. This helps stablise the picture and improve the colour information in the signal.

 

Convert DV tapes to DVD

Convert DV tapes to DVD.

Convert DV tapes to DVD

We are at present providing a. Convert DV tapes to DVD service for a commercial customer.

Quantity of Mini DV tapes?

This particular conversion job is big. To quote from the late and great Douglas Adams. ” Space is big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it’s a long way down the road to the drug store, but that’s just peanuts to space.
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We have over 650 Mini DV video tapes to convert to digital video and DVD. Each Mini DV video tape has the full 60 minutes of footage. The tapes where recorded in SP not long play. So the video quality is very good.

Widescreen or 4:3 aspect.

Because the tapes where recorded by a professional broadcast company they are all in widescreen 16:9 video format.

Digital computer format.

The client not only wants the Mini DV tapes to be converted to DVD. But also requires digital video files in the Apple Pro-Res format of 4:2:2.

Convert DV tapes to DVD.

The capture method we use starts with the Sony DVCAM and Mini DV deck. The connection is a digital firewire one with no quality loss.

Media Express

Capture software.

Our capture software of choice is Black Magic Design. Media Express. This capture software is very stable and provides Broad cast quality capture options.

Storage.

We have provided a 4 Terabyte CalDigit USB 3 drive for storage of the digital video files. This size of hard drive will hold all 650 Mini Dv tapes as digital video files for editing.

Convert DVD tapes to DVD.

As well as providing the digital files we will also be supplying a large number of DVD,s burn’t from the video computer files.

For more Information regarding our video tape to DVD and digital service. Please contact us through the link below.

https://videoimageprod.co.uk/contact-us/

 

Beta SP video tape conversion service

Beta SP. Video tape conversion service.

Beta SP

We are at present converting a large batch of Sony Beta-SP video tapes to digital video file format.

Beta SP video tape conversion is carried out via SDI digital transfer for the highest possible Beta SP to digital conversion quality.

All our Beta SP conversions are carried out using Black Magic design video hardware. This gives a broadcast quality transfer.

For Sony Beta-SP tapes.