Convert Video to AVI or MOV files, and edit your video yourself! It's easy with Timeless DVD's analog to digital conversion service.

We all have "less than perfect" shots on our home videos that we would prefer to edit out before preserving to DVD. Maybe you have hours of soccer games, but few highlights. Maybe you pressed " record" a half-hour before the fireworks started. Maybe you left the camera turned on by accident and taped your feet!

But it can be difficult to get the video from your tapes onto your computer. You need a device to convert your tapes' analog signal to digital, plus an adequate graphics card and tons of hard drive space. Not to mention know how to capture video! Your digital video editing job can easily become expensive and complex.

Timeless DVD can help! We can transfer your video to digital, high quality DV files, which are editable by virtually any video program. All you have to do is load the files onto your computer and you're ready to edit your video!

Transfer to AVI or MOV - benefits at Timeless DVD

AVI or MOV: the choice is yours!
Most services only convert to AVI – not ideal for Mac users. At Timeless DVD, you choose the format that works best for you!

Data discs or external hard drive
We can provide your video files on either data DVD discs or an external hard drive. Choose the storage type that suits you!

A variety of hard drive options
If choosing a hard drive, we offer two high-quality options, or you can tell us the drive you want. Or provide your own – for free!

All consumer video tape formats supported
We can convert VHS, Mini DV, Video 8 or 8mm, and virtually any other videotape you may have to digital video files.

The best professional transfer hardware
We use the same carefully-chosen, professional video processing decks for video to computer conversion as we do for DVDs.

No automated computer conversions
We keep an eye on every tape as the computer encodes it to DV. This enables us to catch problems fast and obtain the best quality!

Video to Computer - file formats

If you want to edit your video, AVI is the standard for Windows and MOV (or Quicktime) is the best choice for Macs. Whether you convert to MOV files or AVI files, keep in mind that each hour of digital video will take up approximately 13 GB of hard drive space (or roughly 4 data DVDs).

We are often asked if we can transfer tape to MPEG-2 instead of video to DV. We can, but we do not advise it, mainly because most video editing programs do not support MPEG-2 files. In addition, MPEG-2 is a compressed file type, meaning that after it is edited, it usually has to be re-compressed. This results in a degradation of the video quality. If you want to edit video, AVI or MOV is far better choice.

Transfer to AVI or MOV and start editing today!