


Please make sure containers are free of dust, dirt, cobwebs, etc… Clean, recyclable bags & boxes are usually best!īy having us upres your video to HD 1280×720 60p, your video will look better on our modern TV and computer screens.Place organized media in Clean (Dust / Mold Free) bags or boxes before Dropoff or Shipping Formatting your drive will erase everything on it, therefore if your drive is not NTFS and has files that you would like to keep – do not use this drive for your media transfer.Ħ. *Note: It’s best to provide an empty drive as we will need a drive that is either already formatted NTFS or that can be formatted NTFS.If you are providing a hard drive, about 140 hours of video (mp4 file format) will fit on a 1 TB drive. Therefore, if you have three tapes that are about 2 hours each, you would need a flash drive that can hold at least 36 GB. If your videotapes are being transferred to mp4 files, keep in mind that 1 hour of footage is equal to about 6 GB, 2 hours is about 12 GB, and so on. if you are providing your own hard drive or flash drive, include it with your order.Include Hard Drive or Flash Drive if Providing Your Own Again, if you transferred your media to digital files on a drive, you always have the option to rename the files as many times as you’d like.ĥ. This way, you can easily see which mp4 file correlates to which tape. For example, if you sent us VHS tapes, we would label the digital file or DVD with your last name, VHS, and the number (ex: Smith VHS 01).The number you label the tape as will be the number the file is labeled as.Once you have your videotapes in order, you can label them by number with sticky notes / masking tape / labels, etc.You can also reorder your files if you decide you want them in a different order. However, if you are transferring your videotapes to mp4 files on a flash drive or hard drive – there is no need to stress about the order too much! The great thing about digital files is once you plug in your flash drive / hard drive, you can simply right click and rename your files anything you want to.If there are a few videotapes with no date, you could put these at the end after the dated media. For example, many people organize by date where possible.

Organize your videotapes in the order you would like them to be in.
