ScanCafe converts your MiniDV camcorder tapes into digital video, transferred in-house in the USA and delivered by download, Kinoke app, or USB drive. Don't let your memories fade away. Preserve them digitally, forever.
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MiniDV tapes are more fragile than they look, and they can deteriorate. Digitizing your MiniDV tapes sooner rather than later is the best way to preserve them. Here's what you get when you convert MiniDV to digital with us.
Your MiniDV tapes are converted to digital video at 720x480 resolution. Choose hard drive delivery for minimally compressed H.264/MPEG-4 files, well suited for editing.
Every tape is converted in-house at our Indianapolis lab, never outsourced. From the moment your box arrives, each tape gets a unique barcode, each item is weighed to the gram, and 60 high definition cameras monitor the property. Your original tapes always go back to you.
MiniDV tapes can break from long periods of disuse or from overuse. If one of yours is damaged, our skilled technicians use professional equipment to attempt a repair, at no extra cost.
We've designed the whole process
to be as pain-free as possible.
Pack your MiniDV tapes in a sturdy box and send them to us.
Our technicians convert each tape at our Indianapolis lab, titling it from its label so the digital file carries the same title.
Get your digital video by download, Kinoke app, or on a USB drive chosen at checkout. Your original tapes come back too.
Your tapes hold irreplaceable memories, so we protect them at every step, in transit and inside our lab. Here's how we keep them safe:
Barcoded & logged on arrival
Weight verified before & after
Packing recorded and archived
24/7 surveillance monitoring
Originals always returned safelyWe stand behind our handling process with a guarantee: if any item is lost or damaged at our facility, we'll compensate you $1,000.
Choose the digitizing option that works best for your collection.
À la carte pricing
Flat-rate pricing
Have other photos, film reels, or videotapes you'd like to preserve? Explore our other digitizing services to find the right solution for your old media.
MiniDV tapes are tiny, about the size of a Tic-Tac container, which let manufacturers build consumer camcorders smaller than a hand. The format reached consumers in 1998 and was popular for a few years before digital memory-card recording made it obsolete, so playing and recording MiniDV tapes now takes older or used equipment. Tapes can deteriorate, so it's best to convert MiniDV to digital sooner rather than later.
If you still have a working MiniDV camcorder, you can connect it to your computer's USB port with a USB cable and digitize the tapes yourself. If you'd rather save the time and hassle, ScanCafe does the work in-house in the USA, never outsourced, with superb quality, a safe handling guarantee and industry-beating prices.
Your video is captured at 720x480 resolution. For USB deliveries, the file resolution is 1280x720.
Use a box, not an envelope. Choose a sturdy, double-walled box, like the kind used for shipping books, and avoid flimsy department store garment boxes and padded envelopes. Make sure your box is filled, even if you need to pad it, with bubble wrap, foam peanuts or crumpled newspaper so your tapes can't slide around.
Digital download customers can review their footage online before their original tapes ship back. Once an order has left our facility, footage can't be deleted.
Yes, we digitize PAL tapes. While most US equipment can only play North American NTSC formats, we have specialized multi-system players to process PAL tapes from Europe, the UK, Australia, and Asia. We can convert PAL formats for VHS, Hi8, and MiniDV into high-quality digital files.
We keep compressed copies of your digitized video for a period of time after your order ships, so we can re-copy it if there's a problem in transit. If you'd like duplicate copies, request them when you place your order.
Friendly, first-class service. My most recent project involving the scanning of a few hundred photos, many over 75 years old, was fantastic. The finished qualit...
When I started this process I was skeptical. How can I just pack up all my precious pictures and send them off somewhere? As it turned out this was the best thi...
I sent about 130 pictures in to be put on a USB stick, and very pleased with the result. Digital images look great, and I shared with my family. Very happy with...
ScanCafe was a great place to have my photo negatives turned into digital images. The images came out great and the negatives came back to me in perfect conditi...
I just finished downloading the digital files from a dozen old 16MM family films that I submitted. All of them were shot in the mid to late 1950's and were sure...
Scancafe delivered high quality 35 mm slide scan as promised. Customer service was effecient. Important memories were rescued :)
Helpful staff, careful treatment of our slides, great care with keeping slides in order, and packaging them for posting. Highly recommend
I have trusted ScanCafe (nee GoPhoto) with many, many treasured photographs over the years. They are always returned exactly the way I sent them and I am absolu...
Great service and quality wrt digitizing some of my APS film.
