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Phone : (03) 8528 9800

Phone : (03) 8528 9800

Phone : (03) 8528 9800

Phone : (03) 8528 9800

188 Macaulay Rd, North Melbourne *by appointment only*

PHONE: (03) 8528 9800

DIGITAL ARCHIVING SERVICES FOR OBSOLETE AUDIO-VISUAL 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

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Film reels, slides, transparencies, video tapes, audio reels, discs, hard drives, objects, documents etc can be digitally converted / imaged / format shifted to lossless or compressed files and supplied on USB, Hard Drive, SSD, CD, DVD or via download link​ in a wide range of codecs & containers

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

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  • Retrieval of  data from problematic or damaged media

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  • Supply of multiple versions of your data to suit any application, including custom websites to showcase historical content

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  • Generate files that are in accordance with globally accepted archiving standards, and supply 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

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

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  • We're entrusted with the preservation of assets from clients such as: Bosch Australia - Ambulance Victoria - The Department of Defence - Mushroom Records - The Nine Network - CFA - The ABC - Methodist Ladies College - Ivanhoe Girls Grammar - The Walt Disney Company - Cricket Australia - University of Melbourne - RMIT - LaTrobe University - Red Cross Australia - Victoria University - The Menzies Foundation, as well as many independent filmmakers, musicians, editors and historians

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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

  • 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 Archives, 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

*Please note we now consider Umatic tapes to be close to the end of their useful life. Approximately 10% of tapes we are receiving are beyond repair, with a further 20% or more 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 "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, .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 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

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  • 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:

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  • Digital Surrogate Master

  • For long term archival

  • Up to 6.5K 

  • Large file size

  • As DPX, .mov, FFV1 .mkv

Preservation Copy

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  • Digital Surrogate Master

  • For long term archival

  • Native frame rate & resolution

  • Large file size

  • As .mov, FFV1 .mkv, .avi

Preservation Copy

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  • Digital Surrogate Master

  • For long term archival

  • 24 bit 48 kHz or 96 kHz

  • Large file size

  • As broadcast .wav

Preservation Copy

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  • Digital Surrogate Master

  • For long term archival

  • 48bit colour, up to 9600 DPI 

  • Large file size

  • As lossless RAW or .tiff

Preservation Copy

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  • Edit Master

  • Ideal for production or broadcast

  • Native resolution or scaled

  • Medium file size

  • As ProRes 422 or 4444 .mov

Mezzanine Copy

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  • Edit Master

  • Ideal for production or broadcast

  • Native resolution or scaled

  • Medium file size

  • As ProRes 422 .mov

Mezzanine Copy

Mezzanine Copy

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  • Edit Master

  • Ideal for production or broadcast

  • 16 or 24 bit 48 kHz

  • Large file size

  • As .wav 

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  • Edit Master

  • Ideal for production or publishing

  • Native or scaled 

  • Large file size

  • As .tiff

Mezzanine Copy

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  • Includes enhancements

  • Ideal for public sharing/online

  • Supplied in HD

  • Small file size

  • As h264 .mp4 

Access Copy

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  • Includes enhancements

  • Ideal for public sharing/online

  • Supplied in HD

  • Small file size

  • As h264 .mp4 

Access Copy

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  • Includes enhancements

  • Ideal for public sharing/online

  • 44.1 kHz

  • Small file size

  • As .mp3, .flac, .aac 

Access Copy

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  • Includes enhancements 

  • Ideal for public sharing/online

  • Native or scaled resolution 

  • Small file size

  • As .jpg

Access Copy

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  • Review file, no processing

  • Ideal for significance assessments 

  • Low res w/ timecode option

  • Very small file size

  • As h264 .mp4 or .wmv

Browsing Copy

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  • 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

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  • Review file, no processing

  • Ideal for significance assessments 

  • Low resolution

  • Very small file size

  • As .mp3

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  • Review file, no processing

  • Ideal for significance assessments 

  • Low resolution

  • Very small file size

  • As .pdf

Browsing Copy

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