You can have the digital video files loaded to an external hard drive. The files will be ready to play on your computer, laptop or mac and you can import the files into video editing software to create and edit your own DVDs. In addition to DVD, we can transfer your miniDV recordings to AVI, MPEG, Quicktime or virtually any other format. Mini DV to AVI, MiniDV, MPEG or Quicktime No matter how big or how small each order is, the same care and dedication is given to all. Chapters, interactive menus, background music can all be added. We are able to convert any region of MiniDV tape (NTSC, PAL etc) to DVD.Įach DVD is personalised to your requirements. 80/120 minute tapes are also available.īeing purely digital the quality is far superior to the previous analogue formats like Hi8 & VHS-C, however like other tape formats it can degrade and become damaged.īy transferring your Mini DV recordings to DVD you can future proof your memories, ensuring you can watch them again and again. Record time is 60 minutes (standard play) or 90 minutes (extended/long play). The majority of small camcorders sold in the past decade have used the miniDV digital video tape format.

In addition to common file formats such as ProRes, DV, H.264 and others, we can provide any other required file format.MiniDV is a camcorder tape format which, for a while, was the most popular format for home video cameras. Digital tapes are never taken into analog realm.Īny standard file output. Throughout the transfer process, we switch from analog to digital pipeline at the earliest opportunity to keep the amount of time spent in analog mode to a minimum. If applicable to the source material, 3:2 cadence will be removed for smooth playing video.ĭigital transfer pipeline. Original source timecode, closed captioning and teletext data is retained and can be left encoded into the file or provided as a sidecar file.ģ:2 cadence removal. Brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, black level & sharpness adjustment is done on a per tape basis to achieve best results. Depending on the source material and client requirements, we can capture video at up to 10 bit per channel colour depth. Analog tapes are passed through time base correctors to fix common analog signal degradation issues. We use broadcast industry standard Teranex processors to upscale video up to 4K resolution, switch between aspect ratios and frame rates, denoise and deinterlace your recordings.

Transfer mini dv tape to digital file