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How We Help
We carefully convert your historical audio and visual material to modern, easily playable, editable, and sharable digital files, at the very best quality.
As professional video producers, we have the technology to offer you a wide range of video, audio or photographic format transfer services.
We’ve even helped Marks & Spencer to convert and enhance their vast collection of VHS tapes, CDs and DVDs to modern digital formats.
Recently we brought a tear to the eye of a widower; reuniting him with the sights and sounds of his late wife. His precious collection of old family videos is now on a USB stick, which can be played through his TV, or laptop; with all these memories now preserved for future generations.
Based in Leeds, we cover the entire UK.
The Digital Transfer Process
If you have content on old formats you’d like to review, share, or archive, contact us, we’d love to help!
Simply drop in your material for us to assess and we’ll let you know its condition; recommending the most appropriate format to transfer to.
We check for signs of deterioration and ensure tapes and DVDs are playable. We then quote based on the number and duration of the material, and an assessment of the hours or days it will take us to complete the digital transfer work; and any editing requested by you.
We’ll then return your original material, for your safe keeping, and provide you with digital files, usually on USB drives, which, at the click of a button, can be viewed on your laptop, played on most modern smart televisions; saved as a future audio-visual archive or easily shared with others.
Video, Audio & Photo Restoration
We have years of experience restoring and enhancing most domestic and broadcast formats of audio, video and even damaged photographs or slides. Simply click on any examples below to see and hear the original and restored versions.
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An example of our audio restoration
An example of our photographic restoration
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Audio Restoration
Photographic Restoration
Video & Audio Editing
In addition to transferring from your old analogue formats, we can also edit video and audio content; enhancing the material to provide you with the best viewing experience at the highest quality.
It really is incredible what we can do to improve hissy, low-level audio, or significantly improve low resolution grainy video, audio, photographs or slides.
Tape & Disc Storage
Ideally, old video tapes should be stored upright, at room temperature, in non-humid conditions, away from any form of magnetism e.g. loudspeakers or high voltage electricity.
Old polypropylene (plastic) and metallic based tape formats deteriorate over time and we have found some to be unplayable; even within a couple of decades.
Such deterioration occurs faster when tapes are stored in less-than-ideal conditions.
Likewise, CDs and DVDs should be carefully stored, in cool, dry and relatively dark environments. Unlike the original ‘non-destructible’ marketing, the surface of these discs can be easily damaged and they do deteriorate over time.
Video & Audio Sharing
Once we’ve transferred your video, audio, photographs or slides to more accessible digital files, your material can be more easily shared and viewed by others.
At the end of the process we strongly recommend that your original material is safely stored away as an additional backup to your new digital archive.
Transfer & Editing Enquiries
Click below to select which video, audio or other formats you want to have transferred and we’ll be in touch right away.
Depending on the particular format of your video, audio and photographic content, prices start from as little as £29 for a half hour transfer. We also offer significant discounts on bulk requests, so simply let us know what you have… and the durations if known; and we’ll work it all out for you.
Why Choose Us?
Whether you’re working by yourself, or on behalf of a global organisation; we have the technology and expertise to carefully convert your historical audio and visual material to easily playable digital files.
We love working with people… time after time, which is why the likes of ‘Northern Powergrid’ and ‘One Adoption’ work with us so often, to help them get the results they need. Whatever you want to achieve, let’s talk.
Happy Clients
MARKS & SPENCER
★★★★★
Katherine Carter
Company Archivist
“The M&S Archive is delighted with Addictive Media’s video editing, transfer and restoration work carried out for us during the digital preservation of our entire video and audio archive collection.”
JONATHAN WINSTON
★★★★★
Jonathan Winston
Solicitor
“We approached Simon after discovering old reel-to-reels when my wife’s father passed away. After painstakingly working through them to find out what was there, Simon converted the sequences to audio files, giving us the gift of family archives to treasure. He treated everything with sensitivity as if they were his own family’s and communicated with us every step of the way – we would highly recommend Addictive Media.”
STEVE PIPE
★★★★★
Steve Pipe
Entrepreneur
“Brilliant. Simply brilliant. Mine must have been the ‘video project from hell’… since I dumped a half finished mp4 on Simon with a long list of practically impossible requirements… including a ridiculously short deadline, improving the colour balance, masking out a logo, getting the sound back in sync the lips etc etc…. and Addictive Media exceeded my expectations in every single area. WOW!”
LUCY RUSSELL
★★★★★
Lucy Russell
Customer
“Simon was absolutely great to work with, he project-managed really efficiently and got my entire family video edit completed in a fantastically quick turnaround time. His editing brought out much more storytelling from my video content than I had expected, and my family and I are really pleased with the results!”
DEAN LONGHORN
★★★★★
Dean Longhorn
Customer
“Simon was extremely reliable and kept me up to date with the progress he was making transferring our precious family video tape and we are really pleased with the result!”
SAM SHAW MEDIA
★★★★★
Sam Shaw
Media Presenter & Narrator
“Having worked with several, sometimes rather precious, video editors over the years, Simon’s ‘fuss-free’ approach was refreshing. He heard my concerns, listened to my specific requests yet brought his own ideas, which were hugely appreciated.”