Honestly, I'm actually really interested in doing this myself. I would go a little bit extra step, I would do like old photo scanning and bringing it to high-quality and touch up like Photoshop and scanning other things as well as videos and stuff like that. Transferring auto recordings and everything else. I would be interested in like having a FaceTime or Skype or Zoom call with you to figure out if it's even worth my time of messing around with this.
I can transfer most video and audio formats but can't do 8mm or super8 film yet till i get one of those movie film scanners. They are a bit expensive.i have been transferring reel to reel audio for years mostly from my private collection. I also transfer my old 78 rpm records and my edison diamond discs to my computer.
I think I spotted an identical tape rewinder at a second hand shop a few days ago... I was actually wondering to myself if it would make for a good repurposed tape cleaner, since I've seen so many of these types of videos lately. They wanted $10 for it which isn't the worst, but I didn't want to gamble it. Now I might go back and grab it if it's still there!
Some of my friends have suggested that I should digitize tapes for people as a side hustle or even as a future business since I do enjoy old analog stuff like VHS and such. I digitized some of my family tapes and my interest grew from there, but I don't necessarily have the best transferring equipment at the moment, so I have been wanting to save up for better equipment so I could actually start doing this as a business.
hello! Your channel is really cool! Here in the capital of Brazil, I also do this service, but there are several other professionals who also do it, but using low quality capture cards. I saw that you use several cards and several macbooks too. Here I use a Blackmagic card on a computer with Windows 7. It's more work, but I like the results better than cards that upscale via USB. Anyway, I liked your channel, you gained a subscriber from Brazil!
Great insight! I've been toying around with opening a camera shop(of sorts) in my area. And figured I'd add some digitizing services for another income source
Good for you that the biz is paying for itself. I think there will always be people with media for which playback devices are no longer made (or are hard to come by). I cut my teeth recording on reel to reel decks in the '70s, but I haven't owned one in many years. Like everyone else, I've been recording my work to a DAW for 20+ years. A few years back, when my siblings and I were clearing out our parents' house, we found a bunch of treasured family recordings from the '60s that were done on 7" reels. I got a recommendation for a guy in a neighboring town who does transfers out of his home. As you mentioned, there was no way I was going to ship these tapes. I got in the car and took them to him. He did an excellent job cleaning and transferring them to digital files, as I'm sure you do. You're providing an invaluable service. Hope you can continue. 😎
my opinion on Digitizing Business if you was in europe or for anyone watching this from europe this wouldn't work at all unless your in center of the capitals London, Rome, Paris etc and then have fun competing with jessops in the UK for example and other major camera places that have 20+ stores and offer the service for super cheap already.
One thing I noticed as I was watching your videos is how much you would benefit from a network NAS device. Each of our recording rigs can record to the that NAS using a file structure then to final media for your client. That would sigificantly make everything a bit more efficient.
He also uses apples, so it would be very easy to use ARD and use one iMac to remotely control all of the Macs and you could use Automator, too. There’s also some late model, VHS players that record to DVD ram disc or output by HDMI, which would simplify some of this .
You gotta adjust the screen settings like I said in the video. I know it’s not the best video. But I had to mess around with resolutions until I found one that worked like I needed
Thanks for sharing this Sean! Would love to see more videos like this. I started a work from home digitizing business in my city of about 300 thousand people and it's been working great. I've learned alot from your channel too. Thanks for the awesome videos!
I've done my own transferring with various methods and enjoy it, but I am having my first hiccup now. Using a cleaned vcr, Black Magic Studio analog to SDI converter, and a Black Magic Ultra Studio Recorder 3G, into a Mac Mini via Thunderbolt 3, into OBS. That's a lot, but I get the best un-messed with, close to original signal I can. Have transferred plenty of footage successfully, getting desired quality, but every now and then, I have a loud pop during recording. When it starts, it's going to keep doing it intermittently. But, I can power off the vcr, shutdown OBS, try again and no popping. Even another vcr popped with a different monitor and speakers, so it's gotta be the tape, but eventually the entire two or three hour tape will have no popping, not one. I can't pin down the culprit. Tape audio is fine, some tapes don't have a pop, I've cleaned heads and audio sensors. It's just a roll of the dice. Any ideas?
If the pop is audible, I would consider that you’ve added multiple AC to DC conversions. it’s possible this is coming from a power supply. Try using different power circuits, or output audio into a field recorder and sync after.
Great videos Sean. I wfh doing what you do, at a smaller scale. I have learnt alot from your videos, which have helped me to grow a little. Thanks again from Surrey/ England
There are billions still I bet. I don’t think there will ever run out. They will all fall apart before the work drys up. I’m sure of it. If those big companies are still making money… then it’s fine.. also it will become more recovery based as time continues and I’ll probably be 100 still doing this. But price will increase. Fingers crossed
Great advise. I work from home digitizing home videos but having a store from would be nice for the exposure for customers to walk in. Thanks for your awesome videos! greetings from the other side of the country!
Sorry to hear you don't feel like it's sustainable but I get it. It is a labor of love. But you've really grown! Just be careful that you don't get so big that you can't do it by yourself. Once you have to get an employee, it will get so much more stressful. I really like how you changed things. It looks very well thought out and customer friendly! Running any small business is a challenge. I think there are a lot of people that are more comfortable with dealing with a storefront and the appearance of an established business. I hope you keep rocking for a long time. Thanks for sharing!
Your making money. You need to save at least 10% for retirement. But your making money. A lot if you have 50% for yourself. You are doing a great job in such a short period of time.
@@EmeraldCoastDigitizing - Reminds me of the toy car restoration business. What is the best way to add RU-vid as an additional income stream to this kind of biz?
Thank you for making videos! I am setting up my studio now with equipment I bought from a gentleman retiring and closing his shop after 10 successful years here in Orlando. Ready for the adventure and providing good LOCAL service.
I was at Goodwill a few weeks ago and I seen 3 VCR’s and I was half tempted to buy one. I was wondering is any of them dvd vhs combo’s are recording from vhs to dvd?
I'm more interested, not so much about the missing outfeed reel but about the fact that the projector is pointing towards the camera and the screen is on the wall behind it.... Is the projector pointing in a mirror?
@@EmeraldCoastDigitizing I do betacam 1/2 tape. If this is not what you are looking for. Will need the format name. I have access to a few other decks of other formats.
