The Video Lab of South Florida

The Video Lab of South Florida South Florida's premiere concierge broadcast videotape archivists. Formats include 3/4" thru HDCAM/D5

05/28/2024

We received this Scotch 379 1" Video tape from the mid 1980's with "Space Shuttle Landing" written on the label for archiving.

The owner was unsure what was truly on the videotape with only knowledge of the tape coming from the estate of a video engineer from the Central Florida area.

The Scotch (3M) 479 reel/tapes from this era are prone to potential issues due to a foam fl**ge and glue on the front of the tape that could erode over the years and make its way onto the tape.

Fortunately for this tape, damage was non existent and after a good baking played back flawlessly using a Sony BVH 2000 VTR (Video Tape Recorded).

Sure enough, the Space Shuttle Challenger was on the tape!

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04/12/2024

Multi format archive project this week of various content. Source material came in on Digital Beta, D2, 3/4", HDCAM-SR and 1".

What do you have stored we can assist with to professionally archive?

Nice archive project this week from the late 90's to early 2000's of various projects and tape formats. 1", 3/4", Digita...
04/12/2024

Nice archive project this week from the late 90's to early 2000's of various projects and tape formats. 1", 3/4", Digital Beta, Beta SP and HDCAM!

Client chose to archive native video using ProRes codec.

03/23/2024

Something a a little different to share: 8 channels of unmixed audio, compared to a final mix with 2 or 4 channels of audio on a HDCAMSR tape.

Archiving HDCAM SR videotapes of HBO promotional content using a Sony SRW-5000 VTR. One of 3 HDCAM VTR’s we have at The Video Lab of South Florida. This particular tape has 8 channels of unmixed audio - various sound on each track as shown in the video.

Final videos that are broadcast or viewed via web/non tv devices are typically mixed down to less channels that are not isolated (I.e., surround/stereo etc) .

This clips shows a bit of both… enjoy!

It’s D3 videotape capture time using a Panasonic AJ-D350 VTR for our friends at Accord Productions Miami, of the US Gol...
03/06/2024

It’s D3 videotape capture time using a Panasonic AJ-D350 VTR for our friends at Accord Productions Miami, of the US Golf Association 1999 US Open. Great see a young Tiger Woods!

These are 3 hour tapes! Yes, 3 hours each. We have not seen or captured tapes this long before. Unfortunately, and as expected, these tapes tend to shed and clog the heads, whereby every so often we would need to pause the capture, clean the heads and continue capturing eventually editing together a full three hour clip.

It’s what needs to be done to preserve history!

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