El Cerrito - Video Transfer Service to Digital

El Cerrito, CA Video Transfer Services

All video tape transfers are done in-house with care and attention. Your video cassette tapes are rewound and captured using professional video equipment, analog to digital converters and our custom built PCs.

For sharing online, editing or uploading to a cloud, you’ll want computer files. If you’d like to watch your videos on a DVD player, you’ll order a playable DVD.

MP4 file format is by far the most popular computer file; its cross-platform compatibility and small file size makes it the ideal choice for sharing videos online or for a backup archive. If you’re not concerned about storage and need a less compressed file, we also offer MOV or AVI files(DV Codec)

Two options for output: Computer file or playable DVD?

Video transfers have two choices for output: we can provide computer files that can be viewed on your computer and edited, or we can provide playable DVDs for watching on a DVD player or computer with a disc drive.

Computer File Output

Your choices are MP4 (PC/Mac/internet-ready & the most popular), MOV ( for Mac use), AVI (for PC use)
MP4 files are approx. 1.5 gb per hr
AVI & MOV files are approx. 14 gb per hr
All drives should be formatted NTFS or ExFat; we can format at no charge
Please supply an empty hard drive. We are not responsible for content on your drive
If you don’t have a drive to provide and would like one, you can purchase a 64GB thumb drive for $30 or 1TB external drive for $85
OR
MP4 files can be uploaded to a temporary cloud service for $2 per 1gb of footage. It is your responsibility to download the files; they are not stored permanantely. We normally do not upload AVI or MOV due to the size of files

DVD or Blu-Ray Output

DVDs can be played on DVD player or on your computer
Not meant for editing
2 hours of footage max per playable DVD
Chapter points every 5 minutes
HDV footage needs to be put on Blu-ray to maintain HD resolution
10 hrs of Standard Definition video can go on a Blu-ray disc
Title slides can be added to the beginning, middle or end of your video footage

Video Transfer Price to DVD

Consumer Video Tape - 1 - 30 minutes is $18 per tape

Consumer Video Tape - 31 - 120 minutes is $22 per tape

Additional DVD Copies - $10 per DVD

Computer File Output Pricing

Consumer tape - AVI, MOV or MP4 output - $25 per hr of video you have

DVCam, U-Mataic & BetaSP - AVI, MOV or MP4 output - $35 per hr of video (pro-rated after the first hour)

Additional

Drive duplication - $5 per GB (limitations on total file size able to upload)

Tape viewing fee (check for content of tape) - $3 per tape

Editing Time - $75 per hr

Blu-Ray Disc - $40

1TB External Hard Drive - $85

64gb Flash Drive - $30

Title Slide - $3

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Read what our customers are saying about us!

“They were able to provide a truly amazing slide show for a life celebration that my whole family was thoroughly impressed by. Everyone was asking for their info as we all have memories that we need to have archived to pass on to our next generations. I couldn't recommend them any higher!”

— Andre B. Dublin, CA

“Sean and Andrea were great to work with. They took my old VHS cassette tapes, digitized them, and uploaded the mp4 video files to a secure server. Communication was excellent, price was fair and I'll certainly be back again. Thanks!”

— Robyn H. Oakland, CA

“They transferred 8mm film and a few old prints to digital video format and jpeg format. Unlike many similar online services, this business does all transfer work in house. So there's less risk of your precious family analog memories getting lost in transit.”

— Timothy M. North Berkeley, CA

Video Transfer FAQ

We are able to transfer almost all consumer video formats and many professional formats. VHS, VHS-C, SVHS, MiniDV, HDV, Hi8, 8mm, Regular 8, DVCam, Betamax, BetaSP, U-Matic, PAL MiniDV, PAL Hi8, PAL VHS, DVD, MiniDVD.
We can output your video tapes into digital computer files or playable DVDs.
We can output your video files to MP4, MOV or AVI. MP4 is compatible on almost all platforms, MOV defaults to Mac, AVI defaults to PC.
We only charge you for your actual content, not the blank space at the end of the content. If you have small snippets of blank space within the tape footage, that is not edited out.
You have the choice of MP4, MOV (Quicktime) or AVI. MP4 files are compatible on most platforms, and MOV usually defaults to Mac, and AVI to PC.
No, we don’t have a viewing area for you to view your tapes, but for $4 per tape, we can scroll through the entire tape to look for family content.
Yes, your DVD's should play just fine in your DVD player. However, if your DVD player is older than about 7 years (bought in about 2006 or prior), you may have some difficulty.
We can put two hours of video footage onto a playable DVD (DVD-R) & 10 hrs of SD content on a Blu-Ray disc.
Yes, you can combine tapes to minimize the total number of DVD’s. The total amount of footage cannot exceed 2 hours per playable DVD.