VHS to DVD and Video Transfer Blog

Order DVDs by December 9th for Holiday Delivery

The holidays are right around the corner and we've turned the volume up in our DVD production room.  As with past years, many customers are hoping to get their DVDs in time for the holidays to watch with family & friends.

For those of you with video that has already been transferred, you will be able to continue to customize your movies and order your DVDs by December 9th to ensure holiday delivery via UPS Blue (2-day) or UPS Orange (3-day).  USPS Priority Mail is also an option for you, although their standard 2-3 day delivery is **NOT** guaranteed and may leave you feeling blue.

If you miss the December 9th deadline, don't fret!  We will be accepting rush DVD orders through the 14th for an additional $50/order (maximum 10 DVDs total).

If we don't have your videotapes already, we are accepting Rush Basic DVD orders through the 9th.  All Video-to-DVD orders at this time will be subject to a $50/order (10 tapes max) rush surcharge.  Sorry, but no customized DVD orders will be available if we do not already have your tapes at this time.

Please let us know you would like Rush Service by typing "$50 Rush Service" in the order comments section on the payment screen when placing your orders.

Happy Holidays from the StashSpace.com Team!

Video Conversion Website Redesign

We just wanted to announce a small website redesign tweak that we've posted over the last month. Essentially, we've broken up our site navigation to reflect the five core Video services that we provide to our users:

1. VHS to DVD Conversion Service
   If you are like the average American, you have more than 30 hours of home videos just sitting on the shelf.  This section describes our various VHS to DVD transfer options for your VHS, Hi8, miniDV, VHS-C or other video formats.
    
2. Film Transfer to DVD
   A large portion of your home movies may be on film, since the first VHS Camera didn't hit the market until 1976!  Now you can give your older family memories new life and transfer your film to DVD.
    
3. Online Video Editing
   Easily organize, combine, and enjoy your videos and photos with the free StashBox video editor.  The simple and easy to use interface makes it easy to add video footage and create a movie in minutes.
    
4. Video Sharing
   StashSpace gives you full control over how you share video over the Internet. Choose from our robust private video sharing options,or share videos on MySpace or your personal blog with a stashFeed of your movies.
    
5. Video Storage
   Backup and preserve all your videos online with StashSpace.Com's premium video storage service.   Our video storage accounts are unlimited, so you can backup your entire family home video collection.

Hopefully the changes will help make what we do more clear to our visitors and easier for you to get to the information you want.  Let us know what you think of the new look and navigation!

How many feet in 30 minutes of 16mm film?

30 minutes of 16mm film = 1080 Feet

Need help determining how much film you have?  Use our free film calculator to determine how much footage is on your film reels: Film Calculator

For high quality 16mm film to DVD conversions visit 16 mm film to DVD

How to transfer standard 8 film to DVD?

Easily transfer standard 8 film to DVD with professional film transfer by StashSpace.Com.  It's easy to re-live and play standard 8 film once it has been converted to DVD.  To learn more and get started visit:

Standard 8 film to DVD

Standard 8mm film is also commonly referred to as Regular 8 mm film, Double 8 mm film or simply as Standard-8 or Regular-8. Standard 8 film was the original film format designed for the home movie market, and provided a cheaper alternative to the 16mm film format. It was originally developed in the 1930s..

How to transfer VCR to DVD?

VCR tapes, are the same thing as VHS tapes.  VHS is the proper name, but people commonly think VCR tapes because VHS tapes playback on a VCR.  VCR tapes are analog and to transfer VCR to DVD you first need to convert the analog signal to digital.  StashSpace.Com's VCR transfer service can do this for you for $6.95/tape.  You can then get DVDs right away, known as direct VCR to DVD transfer for $9.95.  Or you can use StashSpace.com's online video editor to watch your VCR tape after it has been transferred to digital and create a customized DVD. Customized DVDs from VCR tapes are $14.95 each.

Transfer VCR to DVD

Visit the transfer VCR to DVD page to learn more then place a VCR to DVD transfer order using the video transfer order form.

Who can convert 8mm film to digital?

Convert 8mm film to digital with StashSpace.Com's film transfer service.  You can get DVDs made right away of use the online video editor to create a customized DVD of your digital film.

Convert 8mm film to digital

StashSpace.Com specializes in preserving family home movies.  They offer film conversions to digital as well as online video editing and video storage.  StashSpace uses the latest digital film conversion technologies for the best quality film transfers!  Film is converted utilizing a frame-by-frame process that retains the most film-like aesthetics in your film to DVD conversion. 

Have questions? Easily contact StashSpace via phone, live-chat, or e-mail. 

Where can i convert Hi-8 tapes to dvds?

Convert Hi-8 tapes to DVD with StashSpace.Com's Hi-8 video transfer service.  For $6.95 a tape you can have StashSpace convert Hi-8 tapes to digital.  DVDs can be gotten right away or you can go online to customize your DVDs first.

Convert Hi-8 tapes to DVD

StashSpace.Com is located in Winthrop WA (4 hours east of Seattle) in the beautiful Methow Valley.  They began converting video for professional videographers back in the 90s.  They specialize in converting family home video tapes and offer dvd burning as well as online video editing, video storage and video sharing.  A picture of their state of the art video transfer facility is shown to the right. 

Have questions? Easily contact stashspace by phone, live-chat, or e-mail.

Can you transfer more than one video tape to dvd?

Yes, you can combine multiple video tapes onto a single DVD.  Because a DVD can only hold so much data you are limited in the amount of video that you can put on a DVD; about 3 hours of video can fit onto a DVD.

StashSpace makes it easy to transfer multiple tapes onto a single DVD.  After having your tapes transferred to digital use the free StashBox video editor to combine video tapes onto one movie.  You can put up to 56 video scenes and 3 hours of video onto a single DVD.

To transfer more than one tape to DVD go to the video transfer order page. Send in your videotapes to be transferred to digital, and then go online to combine video tapes onto one DVD.

How long does it take to transfer a 2 hour video tape onto a dvd?

Video tapes are transferred in real-time.  As the video is playing the analog video signal is captured and converted to digital video.  So a 2 hour video tape would take two hours to be converted into digital.  Because VHS video is analog there is no way to transfer the video faster than real-time.  Once the video is digital it can be trasfered onto a DVD at the speed of the DVD burner, e.g. 12x 24x or 36x faster than real-time.

When using the StashSpace VHS transfer service the typical turnaround for video transfers is 3-5 business days.  All transfers are done in-house at our state of the art video transfer facility in Winthrop WA.  To have StashSpace transfer your VHS tapes onto DVD place a video transfer order.

How do i edit lots of videos to make one dvd?

Want to edit lots of video, from a multitude of sources and put them all onto one DVD? Use the stashBox to add video: import video from files on your computer, capture camcorder video. even send in video tapes and film reels.  Combine lots of video!  Up to 56 clips and 3 hours of video can be put onto a single DVD!

 

 

When you import a video into the StashBox application it will be turned into a scene on the active movie.  You can edit the video, trim clips, remove unwanted footage, and split the scene into multiple scenes.  You can even re-arrange scenes by dragging and dropping the scene thumbnail around the interactive DVD menu.

 

To  edit and combine video onto one DVD:

1. Add video to the StashBox video editor: import files, capture from camcorder, convert a photo album, send in video tapes or film.  Pretty much any kind of video can be added to StashBox. 
2. Edit video scenes: add custom titles, trim start and end points... 
3. Rearrange videos on the DVD into the order you desire.  Just Drag a scene's thumbnail image to insert it at a new location and the scene that was already there will automatically move to the next position.
4. Burn DVD.  Up to 56 scenes and 3 hours ov video can be made ito one DVD.

StashSpace will burn your DVD for you.  Just click the 'DVD' button in the StashBox video editor.  To get started go to StashSpace.Com and sign up for a free account.