Video Editors for Beginners
Many of our clients who have digitized dozens of vintage videotape recordings to hours of raw footage eventually decide they want a "Best...
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- Feb 6
- 3 min
AI Video Enhancers for Digitized Videotapes
For those who have recently digitized their home videotape collection, the reality of low 720 x 480 resolution VHS, Video8 and other...
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- Nov 28, 2021
- 4 min
Making a Family History Video - Part II
We'll cover the interview guidelines for your discussion with the family member and software tools to create a family history video.
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- Mar 25, 2021
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Making a Family History Video - Part I
Creating a family history video allows you to highlight a family member from photos, audio recordings and film/videotape transfers.
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- Oct 25, 2020
- 3 min
Mold and Videotapes Don't Mix
While aging causes a number of physical changes to videotapes, mold and fungus can make your tapes and 8mm films unplayable.
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- Aug 10, 2020
- 3 min
Ungraceful Aging: Problems with Old Videotapes
Unlike a classic Bordeaux wine, videotapes are not known for getting better with age.
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- May 2, 2020
- 3 min
Sound & Vision: Improving VHS Audio Using Software Tools
Audio enhancement software allows consumers to make improvements to audio tracks on their videotapes, digitized vinyl, films and cassettes.
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- Mar 7, 2020
- 4 min
Digitizing Audio Cassettes
If you want to save valuable audio cassette recordings, having them digitized is your path to preserving them.
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- Dec 4, 2019
- 2 min
The Many Flavors of Super VHS
We'll look at the variations of Super VHS format including S-VHS-C, Super VHS-ET and S-VHS quasi-playback.
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- Sep 21, 2019
- 3 min
Simple Video Editors
We'll cover a few of the free and low-cost editing programs that are ideal for beginning users to master in order to create home movies.
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- Jul 24, 2019
- 2 min
Photo Scans: What Resolution?
What is the optical scanning resolution recommended and what file formats should you use to future-proof your time and effort?
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- May 24, 2019
- 2 min
How To Tell If Your Film Reels Have Sound
We'll cover a few easy ways to identify if your movies have sound whether they are 8mm, Super 8 or 16mm film formats.
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- Mar 24, 2019
- 3 min
The Importance of Time Base Correction
When digitizing videotape, one of the keys to a quality transfer is the use of a time base corrector or TBC.
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- Feb 14, 2019
- 3 min
Cleaning VCR Tape Heads
Cleaning VCR heads prevents jiggling, picture noise bands or erratic sound on the audio playback.
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- Jan 29, 2019
- 2 min
Long Play VHS Tapes Present Digitizing Challenges
We'll look at the 3 VHS recording modes (SP, LP, EP/SLP) and how they affect videotape digitizing quality for sound and video.
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- Jan 7, 2019
- 2 min
Video8 and Hi8 Tape Life
Even with the technical advancements over VHS and Beta, the Video8 format degrades over time just as other analog formats.
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- Dec 9, 2018
- 2 min
How Long Do Video Tapes Last?
This post looks at the variables that affect life span for VHS videotapes.
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