Video to DVD - recomend a supplier?
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Not sure if this would be more correctly in 'Business' but I think it's a bit more general so opening it upto the collective for an opinion/recommendations.
Part of what I do (as well as local IT support & general electron juggling) is providing an airborne survey service using a particular form of imaging. (Thermal Imaging to be precise).
I now have a need to transfer some results from the video tapes that they're recorded onto, onto DVD for the end users to view. I normally transfer them onto VHS in-house but clients have moved with the times & now want these new fangled shiny disks
So... does anyone know of a company that can transfer from Sony U-Matic to DVD - splitting it (based on a visible time count) into 45 menu selctable 'tracks'. These are the individual flight tracks but could correspond to the usual DVD 'chapter' function if you follow.
So... any recommendations? Google shows plenty but I'd sooner entrust my precious data to someone on the basis of a recomendation.
Part of what I do (as well as local IT support & general electron juggling) is providing an airborne survey service using a particular form of imaging. (Thermal Imaging to be precise).
I now have a need to transfer some results from the video tapes that they're recorded onto, onto DVD for the end users to view. I normally transfer them onto VHS in-house but clients have moved with the times & now want these new fangled shiny disks
So... does anyone know of a company that can transfer from Sony U-Matic to DVD - splitting it (based on a visible time count) into 45 menu selctable 'tracks'. These are the individual flight tracks but could correspond to the usual DVD 'chapter' function if you follow.
So... any recommendations? Google shows plenty but I'd sooner entrust my precious data to someone on the basis of a recomendation.
I inherited the kit when I bought out the department I used to manage to go solo but the video kit was already in place 6 years before that when I joined so I didn't get involved in specc-ing it.
THe tapes are the smaller U-Matic types. KCS-20XBRs which are hi-band tapes iirc but I seem to recall when I checked one time that the recorders are actually lo-band... But I had a nice big stock of existing tapes to use so wasn't too concerned.
I've got both portable player/recorders & a desktop player but I'll be looking to change to a more modern format later this year anyway. The U-matics are nice & robust but a bit long in the tooth...
It's a fairly low resolution signal, mono with no audio.
Looking at improving the video grab resolution too later this year but that's another thing on the 'to do' list!
When I do that & build some new PCs for post processing then I'll look at doing DVDs in-house but for now I'm happy to farm it out, particularly for this project where I've got enough other demands on my time with further processing the data to form a geo-rectified GIS layer.
So for now, I'm just looking at havng someone transfer the footage onto DVD but any recmendations for future kit also appreciated!
Cheers - PBF
THe tapes are the smaller U-Matic types. KCS-20XBRs which are hi-band tapes iirc but I seem to recall when I checked one time that the recorders are actually lo-band... But I had a nice big stock of existing tapes to use so wasn't too concerned.
I've got both portable player/recorders & a desktop player but I'll be looking to change to a more modern format later this year anyway. The U-matics are nice & robust but a bit long in the tooth...
It's a fairly low resolution signal, mono with no audio.
Looking at improving the video grab resolution too later this year but that's another thing on the 'to do' list!
When I do that & build some new PCs for post processing then I'll look at doing DVDs in-house but for now I'm happy to farm it out, particularly for this project where I've got enough other demands on my time with further processing the data to form a geo-rectified GIS layer.
So for now, I'm just looking at havng someone transfer the footage onto DVD but any recmendations for future kit also appreciated!
Cheers - PBF
Just had CCTV videos transferred to DVD by a this chap www.mikehenson.com
It was £60.00 per video though.. .. ..
kim
It was £60.00 per video though.. .. ..
kim
Thelemming said:
Quite related, but i need to transfer some old priceless footage from some VHSC SX Pal Secam tapes onto DVD. Anyone knwow here i could get this done in either London/Milton Keynes area?
Is this regular VHS video?
Because I've got a video player sat here next to the PC hooked up to transfer old family movies from VHS to DVD, near to milton keynes.
It is (sort of!). They are like mini tapes about 8cm long from an old cine camera, which fit inside a regular sized specially scopped out VHS tape, so you can play it on a VHS player. So i guess it might work?
>> Edited by gbbird on Monday 6th March 13:48
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