Home Movie Transfer

The steps on doing a home movie transfer

First step is all of the video tapes are signed in with their respective Titles recorded in a ledger. Once the video tapes have been signed in they are “stacked”, this is a process where the tape is wound all the way to the end and then rewound back to the beginning. This helps to ensure the tape has the proper tension and aids in tracking during playback.

The next step of home movie transfer is the capture process, the video tape is placed in the capture machine and the analog video is fed through a Time Base Corrector. This corrects the tearing and jumping common in the picture of video tapes. At this point all audio and video levels are adjusted to enhance the video quality and the capture process begins. Upon completion of the capturing process, the next step is editing. During the editing process all of the unwanted scenes are removed such as blank spaces, video shot with the lens cap still on, video noise (snow), old television shows etc.

Upon completion of the editing it’s time to customize the menus for the DVD. A two hour Home Movie package will have two menu pages with 9 interactive thumbnails on each menu page for a total of 18 thumbnails. Each thumbnail is a 15 to 20 second preview of the video spaced approximately 6 to 7 minutes apart. This allows you to see at a glance the entire contents of the DVD. The menus will also have custom Titling per the client’s instructions. Once the menu is completed with each of the thumbnails tied to a chapter point on the video, the video is authored to a DVD.

After the DVD has been authored it is thoroughly tested to ensure proper playback.

Now it’s time to print the full color Home Movie design with custom Titling directly onto the DVD, no stick on labels are used to prevent a label from peeling off during playback which could result in damage to your DVD player.

The final step is printing the full color home movie transfer design with custom Titling onto the DVD case insert. In addition to the Titling on the front of the DVD case, on the rear of the case contents of the DVD is also printed.

You have now preserved your analog video onto a DVD for the enjoyment of watching it from the comforts of your living room on your TV with no more fast forwarding or rewinding required. You no longer have to worry about your video tapes degrading with age.