BROADCAST • AUDIO • VIDEO
Broadcast Audio & Video Tape Digitisation
Preserving magnetic media into professional digital files
Multi-award-winning professional digitisation and preservation of broadcast audio and video tape collections, from a single tape to thousands of items.
Experienced in the preservation 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 work with both analogue and digital magnetic media, carefully converting valuable recordings into high-quality digital files.
We work with collections ranging from individual recordings to large-scale archives containing thousands of tapes. Each project is approached with care, with the appropriate playback equipment, conversion systems and digital outputs selected for the original media.
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 DIGITISATION
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 Output Formats
WAV • WAVE • BWF • AIFF • FLAC • MP3 • CD
Up to 24-bit / 192kHz
AUDIO FORMATS
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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VIDEO DIGITISATION
Video
Preserving broadcast video tape into professional digital files
Our video department maintains a comprehensive collection of professional video playback equipment to support the transfer of fragile broadcast and professional video tapes.
Video recordings can be converted into professional preservation and production formats, together with convenient MPEG4 files for everyday access and online viewing.
Video Output Formats
10-bit AVI • FFV1 • ProRes 422 HQ • ProRes 422 • Avid DNxHD
• AVI • MOV • H.264 • DPX
HD • 2K • 4K where appropriate
OXFORD DUPLICATION CENTRE
Format Identification | Identify Your Media
Oxford Duplication is a multi-award-winning digitisation company specialising in the preservation of discontinued magnetic video and audio tape media, photographic film types, X-ray film types and document scanning services to A0+.
Supporting corporate, heritage and consumer collections and valuable archives, our offices and studios are based just outside Oxford. With a fully equipped studio and experienced technicians, we provide a complete professional digitisation service for clients across the UK.
Please contact cheryl@oxfordduplicationcentre.com or call our office: 01865 457000
Motion Film Transfers to HD, 2K and 4K
35mm motion film optical sound(1923 – )
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35mm magnetic audio tape (1923 – )
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16mm film silent (1923 – )
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16mm film optical sound (1923 – )
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16mm film magnetic sound (1923 – )
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Standard 8 cine film (1932 – )
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Super 8 cine film (1965 – )
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9.5mm pathe film (1922 – 1960)
ServicesAudio Magnetic Tape Transfer to WAVE, AIFF, MP3 and CD
1/4" 1-4Track Consumer Reels
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1/4" 2-Track Stereo Master Reels
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1/4" 4-Track Professional Reels
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1/4" 8-Track Professional Reels
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1/2" 2-Track Professional Reels
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1/2" 4-Track Professional Reels
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1/2" 8-Track Professional Reels
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1/2" 16-Track Professional Reels
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Grundig Stenorette Audio Reels
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Alesis Digital Audio Tape (1992 – 2003)
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Compact Cassette (1963 – 2000s)
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Mini/Micro Cassette Tapes (1967 -)
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Digital Audio Tape (DAT) (1987 – 2005)
ServicesVideo Tape Transfer to 10-bit Uncompressed, Pro-Res Formats, MPEG4 and DVD
1/2" Video Reel (1965 - 1969)
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U-matic Tape (1971 – 1990s)
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Video Cassette (VCR) (1972 – 1977)
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U-matic S Tape 1974 – 1990s)
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Betamax Consumer Tape (1975 – 2002)
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1" Type C Video Tape (1976)
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VHS Cassettes (1976 – late 2000s)
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Video Cassette (VCR-LP) (1977 – 1979)
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LaserDisc Optical (1978 – 2001)
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Video 2000 / Video (1979 – 1988)
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Analogue Betacam (1982 – 1990s)
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Compact VHS-C) (1982 – late 2000s)
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SuperBeta Broadcast (1985 – 1988)
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Video8 Consumer (1985 – 2000s)
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U-matic SP (1986 – late 1990s)
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Digital Betacam SP (1986 – 2001)
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D1 Large Cassettes (1987 – 1990s)
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D2 Large Cassettes (1988 – 1990s)
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DVCAM Broadcast (1996 – )
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DVCPRO50 Broadcast (1997 – early 2010s)
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Digital 8 Consumer (1999 – 2007)
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DVCPRO HD (2000 – early 2010s)
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MicroMV Cassette (2001 – 2006)
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MPEG IMX Broadcast (2001 – 2016)
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HDV Consumer (2003 – 2011)
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HDCAM SR Broadcast (2003 – 2016)
ServicesOptical Disc Extractions and Duplication
Data Recovery of Diskettes and Other Media
Photographic Film Formats to Archival Formats, TIFF, JPEG
Daguerreotype Film (1840's - 1850's)
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Ambrotypes Film (1850's - mid 1880's)
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Tintype Film (1850's - 1900's)
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Stereograph Card (1850's - 1900's)
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Glass Plate Negative Film (1850's - 1920's)
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Lantern Slide Film (1850 - 1940's)
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Medium Format 120/220 (1901/1965 - )
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Large Transparency (1911 - present)
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X-Ray Transparency Film (1911 - present)
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127 Pocket Film (1912 - Present)
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35mm Colour Slide (1934 - present)
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35mm B&W Slide (1934 - present)
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35mm Colour Negative (1934 - )
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35mm B&W Negative (1934 - )
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828 B&W Strip Film (1935 - 1960's)
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126 Modern Roll Film (1963 - 2008)
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APS Film (1963 - 2008)
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110 Film Strip (1972-2009)
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Disk Film Spindles (1982-1999)
ServicesBook and Document Scanning Solutions
Scrapbook and Photograph Scanning Solutions
Large Format Scanning Solutions
DIGITAL PRESERVATION
Professional preservation outputs
Our digitisation workflows are designed to produce high-quality digital masters and access files appropriate for archive, preservation, production and online viewing requirements.
Video
10-bit AVI • FFV1 • ProRes 422 HQ • ProRes 422 •
Avid DNxHD • H.264 • DPX
Audio
WAV • WAVE • BWF • AIFF • FLAC • MP3 • CD
Resolution
Up to 24-bit / 192kHz audio and HD, 2K and 4K video
where appropriate.
HAVE A COLLECTION?
Let us help preserve your audio and video archive
Whether you have one historic recording or a substantial broadcast archive, our experienced team can advise on the appropriate playback, digitisation and delivery options.
