Where are you located?
We are a home-based business. For the protection and care of our family as well as for other clients’ precious materials whose projects we’re currently working on, we are a mail-in-mail-out company only.
Is there any way you can do a test run so I can see what the quality looks like?
Do you transfer film reel or audio reels?
Sorry, we no longer transfer film or audio reel to disc or file. We do not know who does.
I saw a home movie transfer service on the Internet that will transfer 2 hours of video for only $10! Should I use them?
Can I combine, say, a 20-minute DVD slideshow with about an hour of video footage on one DVD? (The video is separate from the slideshow.)
Can you do video editing?
Can you transfer professional VHS tapes to DVD? I’ve got some VHS movies that might never be released on DVD, and I want to preserve them
Will my video look better when it is transferred to DVD?
My videotape is already degrading, with some snow or lines across the screen. Will transferring it to a DVD fix these problems?
What if I only have one hour of video to transfer – is it cheaper?
How do I tell you where I want the chapters to be located?
Can I put video from more than one tape onto a single DVD?
Can you transfer just part of my videotape? I don’t need the whole thing.
How much video will fit on a DVD?
What is the shelf-life of a DVD vs. my existing analog or digital tapes?
Do I get any special packaging?
What is the turnaround time?
What types of video does Seattle Video Transfer convert?
At this time, we convert the following types of cassettes: VHS, S-VHS, VHS-C, MiniDV, 8mm tapes, Digital 8 tapes, Hi-8 tapes, and PAL (European format) VHS. This reflects our focus on the family videographer of roughly the past thirty years (the time period when video cameras became a popular family item). We do not convert fitness videos, pornographic or copyright-protected media to DVD. Essentially, we transfer nothing that is or might be a commercial release, or even potentially copyright-protected, without the express written consent of the original copyright holder.
How many tapes can you fit on one DVD?
- Example 1: If you have a tape that is 2 hours, we can fit the entire tape onto one DVD.
- Example 2: If you have two MiniDV tapes that are an hour each, we can fit both onto one DVD.
- Example 3: If you have four VHS-C that are 1/2-hour each, we can fit all four onto one DVD.
Essentially, a number of tapes can be transferred onto a single DVD, as long as the cumulative length of all tapes in question does not exceed 2 total hours in length. To compress more than 2 hours of material in length to one DVD, you run the risk of overcompression, and this defeats the purpose of preserving your material on disc if it means it’s going to be preserved a lesser resolution than the original tape media. Therefore, we strongly recommend keeping to under 2 hours per DVD.