Audio Video transfer & archiving

Contact me for a price 07985 433 090 if your happy with the quoted price, send me the tapes & a filled out order form by registered post, or if your local to Skipton, arrange to drop them off. I will digitise the footage and return it to you normally within 3 working days.

If you’re unsure of the type of video/audio tape you have you can send a photograph of it to me (or the tape itself) and I will identify it for you. I have the facilities to digitise practically all audio video formats made in the last 50 years.

A well looked after VHS tape, will be still very watchable, but our eyes have got used to modern high definition video formats, so by comparison VHS will look soft.

95% of the VHS videos I transfer are still in playable condition, the other 5%, which may have suffered damp, or worn / broken tape I do not charge for.

Unlike some video transfer services I don’t attempt to squeeze 4 hours of video onto one DVD to save time/money but meaning loss of video/audio quality. A 4 hour VHS video will require about 3 DVD’s depending on if the video footage aspect ratio is standard or widescreen.

Video & Audio transfer is real time, 2 hours of video will take 2 hours to digitise and then roughly 20 min to render and burn to DVD.

I have a number of workstations so even when I’m busy most smaller projects are completed and dispatched within a couple of working days.

Payment has to be made before the tapes are returned to you. Payment can be via credit card. cheque, PayPal or direct bank transfer. For customers visiting in person I’m happy to take cash as payment.

Payment is on completion, one you have had time to view your digitised audio / video footage.

I keep a copy of most audio & video projects for about 6 months after completion, please contact me within this time frame for further copies.

I’m happy to work within pre-arranged confidentiality agreements & your video or audio footage will be deleted from my systems (including backup systems) as soon as you confirm you have received a digitised copy.

I won’t however digitise footage that is illegal or copyrighted.

I’m happy to re edit video on your behalf or deliver the video to you in a digital video format that you can easy edit yourself using free (or paid for) software such as Windows Movie Maker, DaVinci Resolve or Adobe Premiere.

No, in general the audio quality of USB turntables isn’t up to professional audio standard, we use 24bit analog to digital converters in a dedicated soundcard.

Over the last 15 years I have transferred long lost reel to reel recordings from famous jazz musicians, rare video footage of political debate in the houses of Parliament, recorded life stories from deceased relatives & loved ones (I get a lot of these) & hundreds of hours of wedding videos & old band demos where the owner no longer has a relevant tape player on which to play them.

I also do regular conversion work for universities, museums & TV companies. Every tape tells a story.

If it’s a precious recording & you want to go the extra mile, I can re-master both audio & video. This typically involves cleaning up hiss, rumble & crackle on audio & dust/grain management colour correction on video.

Occasionally the footage I come across is so poor, it makes the process of restoring the footage, either impossible or economically unworthwhile.

Yes! I offer both audio & video editing services. If you have never been happy with the edit of your old wedding video or your bands music video? I can help. contact me for further info.

I have carefully chosen the file formats I convert audio & video to to be as future proof as possible, so that you will be able to play your audio video files in the long term future.

• Audio is either converted to .mp3 or if an uncompressed file format is preferred then .wav.
• Video is converted to .mp4 (h264) or if an uncompressed file format is preferred then .avi.

If you have a specific file format you wish to use then please let us know.

If you have a large collection of audio / video cassettes / reels for public use such as a public library or museum, one option to consider is digitising the entire collection & uploading to a website or intranet with a database engine.

An audio / video database such as this would be searchable by keyword or phrase with non linear instant access to your audio / video files offering a excellent levels of usability to your users. I can provide a competitive price for the whole process, from digitising audio & video to developing a database driven video or audio archive website.