This months blog is about a video conversion job I did well over a year ago. To date it is still and always will be my favorite conversion job.

When I convert videos I never watch them. I put them on a story board and glance thru them to make sure there was no caps left on lenses, leaving the camera on while walking down the street, the basic wasted tape syndrome. In this case there was roughly 30 tapes of solid motorcycle practice to racing. For someone who grew up on dirt bikes this was fascinating to me and I ended up actually watching a good 75 to 80% of all the videos. I was watching a kid from the age of 5 mature into a professional motocross racer by the time he is 19. This is a 4 minute short of combined highlights of Eric’s rise to success over a 14 year period. Hope you enjoy it. Thanks Bill

Please remember if you need any info or have any questions on video, photo, or audio conversion to DVD, CD or digital file please contact us by phone or email.

Mayrath Video Solutions, 837 Leslie, Coppell Tx. 75019           469 865 7666                  bmayrath@hsv2dvd.com   Please check out our website : www.hsv2dvd.com

This months Blog is about taking care  of and cleaning slides before converting to Digital file. After you have done your spring cleaning and cleaned out those closets, garages, attics and spare bedrooms and  you come upon your old slides,  it is time to have them transferred to digital file.    

Before sending them out to get done to a second party you will want to go thru them and make sure to weed out the doubles and the over blurred. After all you do not want to be charged needlessly for unviewable photos.  I will revert back to a few things I mentioned on my last blog about the easy way to organize your slides and photos.

“Too many times we have heard “we have thousands of photos and do not have time to go thru them and sort them out”. I tell customers that the easy way to prepare is get 300 to 400 slides/photos at a time and while watching TV or sitting out in the backyard soaking and breathing in the springtime, go thru your slides/photos throwing away doubles and sorting  them into folders by years, events, etc. however you want them to be archived.”

Another thing you will want to look for is dirty or moldy slides. You will want to clean them before sending them off. The best way to clean them is with 95% isopropyl alcohol, cotton swabs, and canned air. Always remember to try not to clean the emulsion side unless absolutely necessary. The emulsion side is the dull side not the glossy side.

If you do not want to send your slides out and have them done and prefer to do them yourself there are a couple of pretty good scanners on the market . Epson and Wolverine both make good and affordable scanners for between $135 to $200. Remember though they do take some time to scan so be sure to make a lot of time in your schedule.

Please remember if you need any info or have any questions on video, photo, or audio conversion to DVD, CD or digital file please contact us by phone or email.

Mayrath Video Solutions, 837 Leslie, Coppell Tx. 75019

469 865 7666      bmayrath@hsv2dvd.com

Please check out our website : www.hsv2dvd.com

Springtime is upon us. That being said, now is the time to clean out those closets, garages, attics and spare bedrooms. When you come upon your old home movie videos , photos, and slides you need to think about having those memories transferred to a playable DVD format, external drive or CD. Don’t forget about those record albums and cassette tapes.  At Mayrath Video Solutions we convert those also.

This blog is about preparing  your photos or slides to be archived or having a video slide show made the easiest way possible.

Too many times we have heard “we have thousands of photos and do not have time to go thru them and sort them out”. I tell customers that the easy way to prepare is get 3 to 400 photos at a time and while watching TV or sitting out in the backyard soaking and breathing in the springtime, go thru your photos throwing away doubles and sorting them into years.

When these 3 to 400 are done we will take them and scan to jpeg, sort them into folders by years, events, etc. however you want them to be archived. We will then upload them in an external Flash drive,  SD card, CD, or External Hard Drive .  Now, since we have already saved the folders by years in the drive, the next time you do 3 or 400 you do the same process as before organizing and throwing away what you do not want. Now we just insert the new 3 or 400 jpegs into the existing folders or add folders if needed back into that same drive that we originally loaded the 1^st batch of photos.

We also can make a 15 to 20 minute video slide show presentation complete with music background out of your scanned photos. These are great for Wedding Rehearsal dinner backdrops, family gatherings, birthdays and corporate events.

Preparing your photos or slides this way takes the pressure off of doing this task in a few days and makes it easy for the customer allowing them to take as much time as they like .  Thanks and look for our next blog in a few weeks, Bill

Please remember if you need any info or have any questions on video, photo, or audio conversion to DVD, CD or digital file please contact us by phone or email.

Mayrath Video Solutions, 837 Leslie, Coppell Tx. 75019            469 865 7666                  bmayrath@hsv2dvd.com   Please check out our website : www.hsv2dvd.com