Archiving Legacy Tapes Before They Deteriorate

Professional legacy videotape preservation in oxford oxfordshire uk

Oxford Duplication is well known for our duplication services within cd dvd and usb. but how well do you know our new departments that have been growing out of our business for the past 3 years?

National preservation standard conversions

From 2015 we have been developing our archival and preservation departments within audio video image and text. and with great success. holding accounts with university of oxford, university of southampton, the open university, hackney council, production companies, historical societies and oxfordshire county council preparing all their digitisation requirements.

Our digitising broadcast video transfer services are highly recommended

Our preservation archive transfer services for capturing content from professional broadcast tapes and converting to new digital formats can conver the following specifications. 10 bit uncompressed files in either avi or quicktime codecs. pro-res 422, ffv1, h.264 mov, h.264 mp4, dvd and blu-ray discs. these can be converted to storage media, cloud or your own server. we can support both pal and ntsc tape formats for dvcam, minidv, hdv, betacam sp sx, digibeta, sony imx, dvcpro, vhs, u-matic.

Videotape to digital formats

Pro-res 422 hq
Pro-res 422
Mpeg4
10bit uncompressed avi
Ffv1
H.264
Avid dnxhd
DVD
Blu-ray

These can be delivered on the following media: external hard drive, usb flash drive, dvd data disc, blu-ray data disc, upload to server

10 bit uncompressed digital files perfect for preservation

Broadcast tapes typically have superior video and sound quality to that of a consumer tape. there are a variety of broadcast tapes we can transfer to 10 bit uncompressed digital files with either avi or quicktime codecs. alternatively we can offer compressed options to include h.264 mov and mpeg4 digital files and pro-res files. please contact our office on 01865 457000 to discuss your broadcast requirements.