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Phone : (03) 8528 9800

Phone : (03) 8528 9800

Phone : (03) 8528 9800

Phone : (03) 8528 9800

PHONE: (03) 8528 9800

DIGITAL ARCHIVING SPECIALISTS FOR FILM, VIDEO TAPE, AUDIO TAPE & DATA FORMATS

VIDEOLAB.

VideoLab in North Melbourne offers transfer, digitisation, format shifting, and significance & preservation assessment services to organisations or individuals interested in shifting their audio-visual content to modern file formats for archiving, editing, restoration, broadcast, social media, etc

Film reels, slides, transparencies, video tapes, audio reels, discs, hard drives, objects, documents etc can be digitally converted to a variety of file types and supplied on hard drives, USB, SSD, Blu-Ray, LTO tape, or via download link

  • Dedicated to proper handling and professional procedures that respect your assets 

  • Retrieval of  data from problematic or damaged media

  • Supply of multiple versions of your data to suit any application, including custom websites to showcase historical content

  • Generation of  files that are in accordance with globally accepted archiving standards, supply of quality assurance reports on digitised files using a variety of tests on the metadata to ensure it is internally consistent. Frame rates, resolution, bit rates, system formats, etc can all be validated

  • Assistance with significance assessments, offering evaluations to educational institutions, government departments, NGOs, and private businesses who are looking to format shift their content to modern formats 

  • We're entrusted with the preservation of assets from clients such as: Melbourne Cricket Club -Bosch - Ambulance Victoria - The County Court - The Department of Defence - Mushroom Records - Umbrella Entertainment - The Nine Network - CFA - ABC TV - 927 RSN Radio - Methodist Ladies College - Ivanhoe Girls Grammar - The Walt Disney Company - The State Library of Victoria - Cricket Australia - University of Melbourne - RMIT - VCA - Museums Victoria - LaTrobe University - The Red Cross - Victoria University - The Menzies Foundation, as well as filmmakers, animators, musicians, editors, collectors, preservationists, artists, and historians

VIDEO CONVERSION & FORMAT SHIFTING
 

  • *Umatic (Lo-Band, Hi-Band, SP)

  • Betamax

  • Video 8

  • Hi-8

  • Digital 8

  • Mini DV

  • VHS

  • S-VHS

  • VHS-C

  • HDV (720p & 1080i)

  • Mini DVD & DVD

  • Digibeta

  • Beta SP

  • Beta SX

  • Beta MPEG IMX

  • DVC Pro

  • HD Cam

  • DVCam

  • Digital S

  • XD Cam 

Formats:

  • Video tape to file  - any codec or container)

  • Supply Blu-Ray, DVD, SSD, USB, d'load link

  • File backup services 

  • Editing, titles & credits 

  • Removal of blank sections

  • Color correction

  • Enhancement / Forensic Work 

  • Audio levels optimised 

  • Legalise/prepare video for broadcast 

  • De-interlacing and  up/down scaling

  • Transcoding for Libraries & Museums 

  • NTSC-PAL-SECAM conversion

  • Damaged tapes repaired 

  • Tape analysis  /  baking 

Services:

Supplied in your choice of codec/container e.g h264 /h265 mp4, wmv, avi, uncompressed Quicktime, ProRes 422 or 4444, DPX, jpeg2000 .mxf, FFV1 .mkv, etc

*We now consider Umatic tapes to be close to the end of their useful life. Approximately 15% of tapes we are receiving are beyond repair, with many  suffering significantly degraded sound and picture. All Umatic tapes now require de-hydrolysis treatments by default to address "SBS" (sticky binder syndrome), with an increasing amount requiring re-lubrication to address the un-amusing condition known as "LOL" (loss of lubricant)

AUDIO DIGITISATION & FORMAT SHIFTING

  • DAT (Digital Audio Tape)

  • Dictaphone Tapes

  • Micro Cassette

  • Mini Cassette

  • Mini-Disc

  • PCM Audio Masters, F1 (VHS, Beta)

  • Compact Cassette 

  • Vinyl Records (33.3, 45, 78rpm)

  • Field Recorders 

  • 1/4" Open Reel Tape

  • 1/2" Open Reel Tape

  • 1" Open Reel Tape

  • Phone Recordings

  • ADAT multitrack

  • Tascam DA-88 multitrack

Formats:

  • Convert audio tape to .mp3, .wav, .aiff

  • Supply on USB, HDD, SSD, download link

  • Audio CD format shift to file 

  • Separate tracks into individual files

  • Sound sweetening and restoration

  • Re-mixing of multitrack audio 

  • Editing 

  • Noise reduction  

  • Up to 192kHz captures

  • Broken tapes repaired

  • Tape baking & cleaning

Services:

Supplied in your choice of codec/container i.e .mp3, .flac, .aac, .wav, broadcast .wav, 24 bit, up to 192kHz sample rate

FILM SCANNING

DATA MIGRATION 

  • 8mm 

  • 9.5mm

  • 16mm

  • 35mm 

  • Supply as HD, 2.5K, 4K, 6.5K

  • ProRes 422 or 4444

  • Uncompressed .mov or .avi

  • .dpx files

  • DVD and CD to file 

  • Floppy disk 3.5" or 5.25" to file 

  • DAT & DDS tapes to file

  • LTO / DLT / Bernoulli / Syquest disk to file

  • Zip drive & Jaz drive to file

  • Tape & data cartridges to file 

  • QIC, 4mm, 8mm

  • 9 track, 3M 3480 to file 

OUTPUT OPTIONS

Film:

Video

Audio:

Prints & Transparencies:

  • Digital Surrogate Master

  • For long term archival

  • Up to 6.5K 

  • Large file size

  • As DPX, .mov, FFV1 .mkv

Preservation Copy

  • Digital Surrogate Master

  • For long term archival

  • Native frame rate & resolution

  • Large file size

  • As .mov, FFV1 .mkv, .avi

Preservation Copy

  • Digital Surrogate Master

  • For long term archival

  • 24 bit 48 kHz or 96 kHz

  • Large file size

  • As broadcast .wav

Preservation Copy

  • Digital Surrogate Master

  • For long term archival

  • 48bit colour, up to 9600 DPI 

  • Large file size

  • As lossless RAW or .tiff

Preservation Copy

  • Edit Master

  • Ideal for production or broadcast

  • Native resolution or scaled

  • Medium file size

  • As ProRes 422 or 4444 .mov

Mezzanine Copy

  • Edit Master

  • Ideal for production or broadcast

  • Native resolution or scaled

  • Medium file size

  • As ProRes 422 .mov

Mezzanine Copy

Mezzanine Copy

  • Edit Master

  • Ideal for production or broadcast

  • 16 or 24 bit 48 kHz

  • Large file size

  • As .wav 

  • Edit Master

  • Ideal for production or publishing

  • Native or scaled 

  • Large file size

  • As .tiff

Mezzanine Copy

  • Includes enhancements

  • Ideal for public sharing/online

  • Supplied in HD

  • Small file size

  • As h264 .mp4 

Access Copy

  • Includes enhancements

  • Ideal for public sharing/online

  • Supplied in HD

  • Small file size

  • As h264 .mp4 

Access Copy

  • Includes enhancements

  • Ideal for public sharing/online

  • 44.1 kHz

  • Small file size

  • As .mp3, .flac, .aac 

Access Copy

  • Includes enhancements 

  • Ideal for public sharing/online

  • Native or scaled resolution 

  • Small file size

  • As .jpg

Access Copy

  • Review file, no processing

  • Ideal for significance assessments 

  • Low res w/ timecode option

  • Very small file size

  • As h264 .mp4 or .wmv

Browsing Copy

  • Review file, no processing

  • Ideal for significance assessments 

  • Low res w/ timecode option

  • Very small file size

  • As h264 .mp4 or .wmv

Browsing Copy

Browsing Copy

  • Review file, no processing

  • Ideal for significance assessments 

  • Low resolution

  • Very small file size

  • As .mp3

  • Review file, no processing

  • Ideal for significance assessments 

  • Low resolution

  • Very small file size

  • As .pdf

Browsing Copy

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