Video FAQ

Go to Place Order, enter the estimated number of videos you have, fill the order form and do an initial payment of 500 INR. Thereupon, we will arrange a shipment pickup and once we receive the videos, we raise the invoice for pending amount. You have to do the payment and thereafter we will ship the DVDs to you.

We will personalize your DVD case with a picture from the scenes on your DVD. We will also print your order number on the DVD.

Yes, there is sound on your DVD. We will capture sound that is already present on your tape into DVD. There is no additional charge for capturing sound.

We support a wide range of video formats from early 1960s to 2000s. Below is the list of video formats we support

(a) Super 8mm Film

(b) 16mm Film

(b) VHS Cassette

(c) VHS C Cassette

(d) Beta Format

(e) Digi Tape

(f) Hi8 Film

(g) Mini-DV

Our pricing is entirely based on total hours of footage digitized. The pricing listed on website is per hour price. So, suppose if you have a VHS Tape containing 2 hrs footage, it costs you around 600 INR to get the tape digitized. Even if it is 1 hr, 45 min of video footage, we charge for 2 hrs as our pricing is per hour basis.    

No, unlike with photos where you have gallery to review photos, it is not possible to review your footage before DVD delivery. But you can be confident about the fact that we provide best quality video digitization in India.    

The time taken to digitize the videos depends mainly on the total order quantity. For an order size of 10 videos, it takes around 7 days to process the order and ship back the DVDs.

You can, definitely. In our place order section, please enter the number of photographs and number of videos you wish to digitize.

We retain a backup of your video for a duration of 3 months. This is to ensure that you have a backup if there is some problem with the DVD. You can request an additional copy of the video within these 3 months. Charges applicable.

The process of digitization itself requires employee attention throughout the entire digitization process. This itself explains the complexity involved in converting VHS to DVD and thereby the need to outsource to a professional scanning service. But as mentioned in our website, our processing center is highly secure. There is no USB, Internet, Other Data Transfer access on any of these systems. So, you can be rest assured that no data goes out of our digitization facility.

We use the MPEG2 codec to prepare your video footage for fitting onto a standard definition video DVD.

It generally depends on the video format we are converting. For VHS tapes, we convert at 6000 bits per second. So, 1 DVD contains 2 hrs of movie. Whereas for Super 8mm film, we convert at higher bit rate and thus for Super 8mm, 1 DVD contains 1 hr of movie. Over years of conversion, we came up with different bit rate to suit the medium we are converting and the quality of original tape.