Media Digitizing Price Schedule
The following is a list of the various services and their formats that Media Preserve offers for media digitizing and transferring media and data. Accompanying the list is a price schedule to better help you estimate the cost of your transfer, restoration or recovery project. Please do not hesitate to contact us for a more detailed interaction tailored to your individual needs.
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FILM TRANSFERS
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16mm Sound Mag Transfer:……..:…………………………. $260 per reel up to 1 Hr of Film / HD add $62 / 4K in addition to HD $160
16mm Sound Optical Transfer:……………………………… $198 Per reel up to 1 Hr of film / HD add $62 / 4K in addition to HD $160
16mm Silent Transfer:……………………………………………… $128 Per reel up to 1 Hr of film / HD add $32 / 4K in addition to HD $110
Super 8mm Silent Transfer:……………………………………… $98 Per reel up to 1 Hr of film / HD add $22 / 4K in addition to HD $80
8mm Silent Transfer:……………………………………………….. $98 Per reel up to 1 Hr of film / HD add $22 / 4K in addition to HD $80
MP4 Master HQ Working File Creation from digitizations….$10 per Film Reel
Film Length CalculatorLarger Film Formats are also available for restoration. Contact us for more info.
Additional services available for sound restoration, color grading, scratch & dust reduction.
Vinegar syndrome and other degeneration issues are additional costs. Contact us for info.
A minimum cost per 8mm reel to load for digitizing is $25 if it is under 10 min in length and 16mm reels are a minimum of $50 if under 10 min in length if they are to become a separate digital file. This charge is added to the prorated actual time cost under the calculated hour. Film reels approaching 30 min or greater fall under the standard film pricing of the up to an hour single price.
16mm average time vs length – 1 minute = 36 feet. Average cost per digitized minute is $2.66
8mm average time vs length – 1 minute = 20 feet. Average cost per digitized minute is $2.
Editing Film includes cutting out bad sections and basic color correction. Generally, if film is consistent in color, a single color correction for the entire film can be done. If this is the case, there is $24 additional charge for a single color correction.
Many cases however, often have multiple scenes that are significantly different from each other from very dark scenes to very bright scenes and color shifts between scenes. This is where color correction editing is needed to bring the film to a common acceptable color correction. This can involve many cuts and color corrections customized for that particular scene. Each correction is hand corrected by our colorists and each scene will run $10 per scene cut and color correction. A film can have from 5 to 30 cuts on the average. We can give an estimate of each film before corrections begin.
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VIDEO TRANSFERS
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Prices are for clean tapes free of Sticky Shed Syndrome. With SSS Processing add $49 per tape
DVCPro HD Video Tape Transfer:………………………………$98 Per tape / up to 1 hr
DVCPro P Video Tape Transfer:………………………………… $59 Per tape / up to 1 hr
BetaCam SP Video Tape Transfer:…………………………….. $59 Per tape / up to 1 hr
U-Matic Video Tape Transfer:…………………………………… $79 Per tape / up to 1 hr
U-Matic S Video Tape Transfer:………………………………… $79 Per tape / up to 1 hr
Betamax I II III Video Tape Transfer:………………………. $59 Per tape / up to 1 hr
S-VHS Video Tape Transfer:……………………………………… $49 Per tape / up to 1 hr
VHS Video Tape Transfer:…………………………………………. $49 Per tape / up to 1 hr
VHS-C Video Tape Transfer:……………………………………… $49 Per tape / up to 1 hr
8mm Video Tape Transfer:………………………………………… $49 Per tape / up to 1 hr
Hi-8 Video Tape Transfer:…………………………………………. $49 Per tape / up to 1 hr
Digital-8 Video Tape Transfer:…………………………………… $59 Per tape / up to 1 hr
Mini DV Video Tape Transfer:…………………………………… $49 Per tape / up to 1 hr
DVCAM Video Tape Transfer:……………………………………. $49 Per tape / or large DVCAM tapes up to 2 hr ……………………. $98
Mini HD DV Video Tape Transfer:……………………………… $98 Per tape / up to 1 hr
DVCAM HD Video Tape Transfer:………………………………. $98 Per tape / or large DVCAM HD tapes up to 2 hr ………………. $196
Laser Disc Video Transfer:…………………………………………. $79 Per Disc
CDV Video Disc Transfer:………………………………………….. $59 Per Disc
Video CD (VCD) Transfer:………………………………………….. $59 Per Disc
Super VCD Transfer:………………………………………………….. $59 Per Disc
DVD Video Transfer:………………………………………………….. $49 Per Disc / Duplication ready
PAL DVD Video Transfer to NTSC:………………………………. $59 Per Disc / Duplication ready
Blu-Ray & DVD Video Extract:…………………………………….. $69 Per Disc / File in playable format
SD / MS Card Video to format of your choice:………………… $35 per hr of video material
Older and Larger Tape formats ie: Video Reel, are also available for restoration. Contact us for more info.
Video De-Noise Picture Enhancement and Color or Contrast Correction……… $49 per tape up to 1hr of video material
Video Upscale From SD to HD with Widescreen crop………. $995 per hour of material.
Archivist enhanced processes for improved and long term preservation start at $98 per tape.
DIGI Beta requires minimum of 15 tapes to be processed…..$98 per hr / Tape
MP4 Master HQ Working File Creation from digitizations….$10 per hr / Tape
The most common final product after video transfer is having the digital transferred information mastered onto DVD, Blu-Ray or Downloadable file formats. Please request your desired finished video format. The highest quality CODEC GV HQ and HQX digitizations are per hour and not per tape. This CODEC is known to maintain quality up to 30 levels deep of edit copy without noticeable loss unlike other CODECS such as ProRes, DNxHD and MXF and competes very well against uncompressed video with a much smaller size. Add $49 per file for uncompressed.
A word about older Reel Video Formats such as Quadraplex. There may be some individuals who have archived their precious recording in climate controlled storage thinking one day they would digitize them. The situation each year becomes more grim because, not only are the playback systems hard to find in working order if at all, they required very skilled technicians to operate them. Not only are the tapes themselves degrading over the years but the technicians are also… meaning that the good old boys smart enough to carefully balance and service these highly temperamental machines are dying off and taking that knowledge with them. Soon that precious archive will have no stewards or machines left to recover the priceless video programs. A solution we have currently but all based on the retired technicians still alive who can make this miracle happen is within reach. The Quad Recovery Program can have one or more technicians to your location with the machines capable of doing the restoration so as to relieve the stress of shipping the tapes to an unknown future. They will be digitized and preserved on 1000 year media permanently ending the inevitable extinction event that is sure to come very soon. Click Link Below for printable details.
Magnetic Tape Enemies especially Quadraplex
CLIR Tape Care and Handling Information: https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub54/5premature_degrade/
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AUDIO TRANSFERS
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Transcription Records 16″ and 20″ ……………………………… $98 per record. 78rpm half speed mastered / Click & Pop Removal + Enhancing add $42
Shellac / Vinyl Records at 78 rpm Transfer:…………………… $49 per record of audio material / Click & Pop Removal add $21
Vinyl Records at 45 rpm:……………………………………………… $29 per record of audio material / Click & Pop Removal add $16
Vinyl Records at 33 rpm:……………………………………………… $49 per record of audio material / Click & Pop Removal add $21
Reel to Reel 1/4″ 1/2 Track Audio Tape Transfer / No STICKY SYNDROME:…………………… $59 per hour / reel of audio material / Noise Reduction & Enhanced Levels add $21
Reel to Reel 1/4″ 1/4 Track Audio Tape Transfer / No STICKY SYNDROME:…………………… $49 per hour / reel of audio material / Noise Reduction & Enhanced Levels add $21
A minimum cost per audio format to load and prep for digitizing is 25% of base hour cost if it is under an hour length and is to become a separate digital file. This charge is added to the prorated actual time cost under the calculated hour.
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*Archival grade Audio Tape restoration:……………………………… $100 per pre 1972 tape | $150 per post 1972 tape
*Archival grade restoration is the process of restoring audio tape recordings which are at risk. The risks are magnetic degradation, chemical structure deterioration, physical carrier weakening, moisture + fungus infestation, sweating syndrome, black back leaching, lubrication loss and inadequate signal from storage or original processing. This process address all of the potential threats to at risk recordings and renders a final result often better sounding than the original recording made at the time. The final result is as close to perfection as the state of the art processes allow. This is not a fast process as great care and time is taken above and beyond a common digitizing to assure the safety and complete process is done right. It is a long process with many steps to insure the damage that time has done to the tape is rectified before it ever goes into the digitizing stage. This process is also followed by the specialized archival mastering of all digital data recovered from the restoration process onto 1000 year Rock Digital Blu-Ray Archives. This additional cost is $298 per 25 Gigabytes of mastered data. This is the preferred processing for library grade archiving. 30 hours of audio approximately fit a 25 gigabyte archive safely. This process is used to render the best digital restoration possible. This process does not guarantee that the actual tape will remain is a playable or non deteriorated state after the digital restoration is done. If an actual tape preservation is required, see the information below for permanent physical tape restoration.
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SSS – Sticky Shed Syndrome Permanent Tape Chemical Restoration Process:….. $200 Per Tape LEARN MORE HERE
This is a proprietary chemical process which renders the magnetic tape once again playable and protects the tape form a re-occurrence for many years to come. This process also includes the digitization as well as the actual tape restoration allowing it to be stored again safely and played back without SSS Effects.
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8 Track Audio Tape Transfer:……………………………………….. $45 per cartridge of audio material / Noise Reduction & Enhanced Levels add $15
Cassette / Micro Cassette Audio Tape Transfer:……………… $35 per hour /cassette of audio material / Noise Reduction & Enhanced Levels add $15
4 Track Cassette Multi Track Transfer:……………………………$70 per tape
PCM Digital Audio Adapter (from video) Audio Transfer:…. $79 per hour of audio material
DAT Audio Tape Transfer:……………………………………………. $79 per hour of audio material
Mini Disc Audio Transfer:…………………………………………….. $49 per hour of audio material
Flash memory Audio Transfer:……………………………………… $25 per card or device – Download Service available.
Flash memory Audio Conversion:………………………………….. $5 per file – Upload and Download Service available.
AI Voice Isolation from Music and Noise:……………………….. $35 per file
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DEVICE DATA RECOVERY – iPhone – iPod – iPad – Android – Clie – Other
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This service extracts Audio, Video, Photos, Text and other data from handheld devices.
Flash memory Audio Conversion:………………………………….. $5 per file
Basic extraction service per device:………………………………… $.03 per recoverable file / password must accompany device. Minimum charge to diagnose and begin recovery, $100 applicable towards entire recover process.
Damaged Devices are charged by hourly repair rate. Ask for more info. Water soaked phones etc. No guarantee device can be made functional. Minimum repair diagnoses $50 if no success, no additional charge for failed repairs.
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PHOTOS & SLIDES DIGITIZED + TO VIDEO
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Basic Photo Video with simple transitions & music:… $1 per photo / Minimum charge $49 applied toward number of photos.
Deluxe Photo Video with Hollywood transitions & music:… $2 per photo / Minimum charge $98 applied toward number of photos.
Delivery On Blu-Ray playable on Set Tops with Menu $105
Digitized photos must be supplied at a minimum of 640 x 480 pixels. Higher resolutions recommended above 1920 x 1080 pixels.
Digitizing Basic Photos (not to exceed 8.5″ width) 300 dpi to 600 dpi jpg or tiff ……………$1 ea Color correcting and Enhancing $2 ea
35mm Slides up to 8 megapixel @ (3840×2160 pixels) as .jpg…………….$1 ea
35mm Slides up to 8 megapixel @ (3840×2160 pixels) as .tif…………….$2 ea
35mm Slides up to 8 megapixel @ 6000×4000 as raw file format +.jpg………$3 ea
35mm Slides at very high resolutions for large prints ………….$15 ea
Digitizing physical photos @ higher resolutions:…………….. $10 per photo for Very Hi Resolution for Print or Photo Videos.
Newspapers, Magazines and other formats as well.
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Video Disc Authoring / Extraction DVD & Blu-Ray
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DVD Video Extraction From Disc:…………………. $55 per DVD Video Disc
Blu-Ray Video Extraction From Disc:……………… $75 per Blu-Ray Video Disc
DVD Authoring:………………………………… $175 per 4.4GB Type Video Disc SD
Blu-Ray Authoring:…………………………….. $350 per 25GB Type Video Disc HD
Disc Master Copy DVD:………………………….. $25 Per Disc Standard Media
Disc Master Copy Blu-Ray:………………………. $49 Per Disc Standard Media
Disc Master Copy DVD 1000 Year Disc:…………….. $98 Per Disc Standard Media
Disc Master Copy Blu-Ray 100 Year Disc:………….. $69 Per Disc Standard Media
Disc Master Copy Blu-Ray 1000 Year Archive Disc:….. $398 Per Disc Standard Media
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DATA RECOVERY or Transfer
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Recovering or transferring data from the following formats for functioning media:
Flash memory………………………………………………………….. $15
Hard drives……………………………………………………………… $125
Zip Disks………………………………………………………………… $10
Jaz Disks………………………………………………………………… $35
Floppies…………………………………………………………………… $10
CD…………………………………………………………………………… $20
DVD………………………………………………………………………… $80
Blu-Ray……………………………………………………………………. $210
Sony Super Store………………………………………………………. $410
DDS DAT DATA Tape ………………………………………………. $210
Magneto Optical Disk ………………………………………………… $260
Smart Phone Media Extraction …………………………………… On Request. See Device Recovery above.
Archive extracted data to a permanent archive solution:
1000 year Rock Digital DVD Archive:……………………………….. $98 per 4.4GB Recovery Archival Master
1000 year Rock Digital Blu-Ray Archive (More Compatible)… $298 per 25GB Recovery Archival Master
1000 year Rock Digital Blu-Ray Archive (Less Compatible)….. $698 per 50GB Recovery Archival Master
*1000 year Rock Digital Blu-Ray Archive fully loaded with MP4 and MP3 media:….. $995 per 25GB Archival Master includes CODEC Encode Rendering.
* This process includes all conversions of original digital data into compressed super high grade files for playback and reintegration into editable formats.
Call or use contact page for other formats not listed such as Video: Quadraplex – Digi Beta – etc. Audio: 2″ 24 – 1″ – 1/2″ 2 Track – etc.
Conversion of digital DAWs example: ProTools to Presonus.
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