Phone : (03) 8528 9800

SALVAGE & RECOVERY SERVICES FOR DAMAGED CD/DVD DISCS, VIDEO TAPES & AUDIO REELS

VIDEOLAB.

Name: VideoLab
Address: 4 Erskine Street, North Melbourne, VIC, 3051, AU
Telephone: 8528 9800

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DIGITAL ARCHIVING, CONVERSION, RECOVERY & RESTORATION SERVICES FOR OBSOLETE AUDIO-VISUAL AND DATA FORMATS

Email: info@videolab.com.au

Phone: 0439 975 271

VideoLab in Melbourne offers premium transfer, digitisation, conversion, and preservation services to organisations interested in shifting their audio-visual content to modern file formats for archiving, editing, restoration, broadcast, social media, etc

Film reels (8mm, 16mm, 35mm), transparencies (slides, negs), video tape (Umatic, Betamax, VHS, DigiBeta, Mini DV, Video 8), audio reels (1/4", 1/2", 1") objects, documents etc can be converted to lossless quality files and supplied on USB, Hard Drive, SSD, CD, DVD or via download link, in a wide range of codecs & containers

We are dedicated to proper handling and professional procedures that respect your assets

We can retrieve data from problematic or damaged media that other companies may turn down

We can supply you with multiple versions to suit any application

We can generate 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

We are available for preservation consultation, offering on-site appraisals to educational institutions, government departments, NGOs, and private businesses who are looking to format shift their content to modern formats

We are entrusted with the preservation of assets from clients such as Methodist Ladies College, Ambulance Victoria, Department of Defence, Mushroom Records, The Nine Network, CFA, The Walt Disney Company, Cricket Australia, Melbourne University, RMIT, LaTrobe University, Victoria University, Birkenstock Australia, The Menzies Foundation, as well as many independent filmmakers, musicians, editors and historians

Send us an email at info@videolab.com.au to discuss your project requirements

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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/container)
Supply Blu-Ray, DVD, SSD, USB, d'load link
Format shift DVD to .mp4 or .mov file
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
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

*Please note we now consider the Umatic format to be an "endangered species". In our recent experience, 1 in every 15 tapes are beyond repair . All Umatic tapes now require analysis & treatment before digitisation

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 (33.3rpm, 45rpm, 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, .flac
Supply via CD / USB / SSD / d'load link
Audio CD format shift to file
Separate tracks into individual files
Sound sweetening and restoration
Re-mixing of multitrack audio
Editing
Noise reduction
192kHz captures
Broken tapes repaired
Tape baking

Services:

Supplied in your choice of codec/container i.e .mp3, .flac, .aac, .wav, broadcast .wav, 16bit, 24 bit, up to 192kHz sample rate

FILM DIGITISATION

DATA MIGRATION

8mm / Standard 8mm / Super 8mm

16mm

35mm

Silent & sound reels

Digitise to HD, 2.5K, 4K, 6.5K

ProRes 422 or 4444

Uncompressed .mov or .avi

FFV1 .mkv

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

As per National Archives of Australia guidelines

Film:

Video

Audio:

Prints/Negs/Documents

Objects/Transparencies:

Digital Surrogate Master
Ideal for preservation
Up to 6.5K
Large file size
As DPX, .mov, FFV1 .mkv

Archival

Digital Surrogate Master
Ideal for preservation
Native frame rate & resolution
Large file size
As .mov, FFV1 .mkv, .avi

Archival

Digital Surrogate Master
Ideal for preservation
24 bit 48 kHz or 96 kHz
Large file size
As .wav or broadcast .wav

Archival

Digital Surrogate Master
Ideal for preservation
48bit colour, up to 9600 DPI
Large file size
As lossless RAW or .tiff

Archival

Edit Master
Ideal for editing or broadcast
Native resolution or scaled
Medium file size
As ProRes 422 or 4444 .mov

Editing

Edit Master
Ideal for editing or broadcast
Native resolution or scaled
Medium file size
As ProRes 422 .mov

Editing

Edit Master
Ideal for editing or broadcast
16 bit 44.1 kHz or 24 bit 48 kHz
Large file size
As .wav or broadcast .wav

Edit Master
Ideal for editing or publishing
Native or scaled
Large file size
As .tiff

Editing

Access file
Ideal for public sharing/online
Supplied as HD/2K/4K
Small file size
As h264 .mp4

Distribution

Access file
Ideal for public sharing/online
Supplied as HD/2K/4K
Small file size
As h264 .mp4

Distribution

Access file
Ideal for public sharing/online
16 bit 44.1 kHz
Small file size
As .mp3, .flac, .aac

Distribution

Access file
Ideal for public sharing/online
Native or scaled resolution
Small file size
As .jpg

Distribution

Review file, no processing
Ideal for editors & archivists
Low res w/ timestamp option
Very small file size
As h264 .mp4 or .wmv

Browsing

Review file, no processing
Ideal for editors & archivists
Low res w/ timestamp option
Very small file size
As h264 .mp4 or .wmv

Browsing

Review file, no processing
Ideal for editors & archivists
128 kbps
Very small file size
As .mp3

Review file, no processing
Ideal for editors & archivists
Thumbnail
Very small file size
As .jpg or .pdf

Browsing

Phone : (03) 8528 9800

Phone : (03) 8528 9800

Phone : (03) 8528 9800

Phone : (03) 8528 9800

VIDEOLAB.

DIGITAL ARCHIVING, CONVERSION, RECOVERY & RESTORATION SERVICES FOR OBSOLETE AUDIO-VISUAL AND DATA FORMATS

VIDEO CONVERSION & FORMAT SHIFTING

AUDIO DIGITISATION & FORMAT SHIFTING

FILM DIGITISATION

DATA MIGRATION

OUTPUT OPTIONS

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