Audio & Video Tape Digitisation
Preserving magnetic media
Specialist in the Preservation and Digitisation of Valuable Audio and Video Archives
Oxford Duplication Centre provides professional broadcast audio and video tape digitisation for archives, museums, universities, businesses and private collections. Our experienced engineers and technicians specialise in the careful preservation of both analogue and digital magnetic media, converting valuable recordings into high-quality digital files suitable for access, preservation and long-term archival use.
We work with collections of all sizes, from individual recordings and personal archives to large-scale collections containing thousands of tapes. Every project is carefully assessed to ensure the appropriate playback equipment, specialist conversion systems and digital file formats are selected for the original media and the intended use of the resulting files.
Professional Equipment
Specialist broadcast playback and conversion equipment is maintained to support a wide range of analogue and digital magnetic formats.
Archive Quality
Digital files can be produced to professional preservation requirements, including high-quality broadcast and production formats.
Experienced Technicians
Our technicians have extensive experience handling fragile, historic and valuable magnetic media.
Large Collections
From individual tapes through to substantial institutional archives, we can manage projects at scale.
Audio
Preserving magnetic audio recordings into digital files
Our audio department has an extensive collection of professional audio equipment to support the transfer of fragile and historic magnetic audio tape.
Recordings can be digitised to high-quality professional audio files, suitable for preservation, archive access, production, listening and online delivery.
Audio Tape Formats We Support
Reel-to-Reel
Professional transfer of open-reel audio recordings.
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Audio Cassettes
Digitisation of cassette recordings and collections.
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Professional Audio
Specialist conversion for archive and professional recordings.
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Audio File Formats
Guidance on professional and preservation file formats.
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Preserving valuable video recordings through professional digitisation
Our video department maintains a comprehensive range of professional broadcast and video playback equipment, enabling us to safely and accurately digitise a wide variety of analogue and digital video tapes. Each recording is handled with care, with the appropriate specialist equipment selected for the original format and condition of the tape.
We can digitise video recordings to professional preservation and production formats, including high-quality master files suitable for archival use, together with convenient MPEG4 versions for everyday access, sharing and online viewing.
