Creating Premium Archival Masters.
The MediaPreserve creates high-quality digital archival masters and user-playback files from magnetic audio and video formats.
Audio & Video Reformatting.
The MediaPreserve provides premier audio and video reformatting tailored to your needs. We own a comprehensive collection of audio and video equipment, expertly modified to access and reformat any historical video format – including open-reel audio and video formats dating back to the 1950s and the 2-inch Quad. Our studio contains both vintage equipment – to playback obsolete recordings - and the most modern technology to create high-quality digital recordings. Read more about specific audio and video formats we support.
Leading Technology Yields Premium Archival Master.
Experienced engineers bring sophisticated technological solutions to bear every day. The MediaPreserve employs Cube Tec’s QUADRIGA – a technology that enables us to reformat multiple recordings at one time, while emphasizing audio quality and capturing extensive metadata. The result: a high-quality, efficient process at a substantial cost savings.
We Bring the Studio to You. Customized Audio & Video Streaming.
Oftentimes, missing or unclear labels on vintage recordings make it difficult to know what the recording contains. Also, in some circumstances content needs to be modified and edited to remove background noise and produce the cleanest recording possible.
To allow you hands-on access, The MediaPreserve provides a streaming service for both audio and video formats enabling you to inject editing requests from your offices or other remote locations. You can arrange remote meetings with engineers at The MediaPreserve and listen to recordings “live.” Using headsets provided by The MediaPreserve, you can hear the same sounds as our engineers and provide direction remotely during the digitization process.
Highly advanced encryption provides secure communications and ensures that your valuable assets are safe. Sample our streaming service.
Metadata – Facilitating Access.
The MediaPreserve is able to capture comprehensive metadata – information about the recordings. Entirely searchable, this feature ensures that recordings are easy to find.
The MediaPreserve provides metadata designed to fit your needs and includes both descriptive and technical information. Our goal is to provide metadata in the format — including METS, MODS, Dublin Core, CDWA Lite and others — that works best for your library, archives, company, or industry. We can work with any existing schema. Read more about the metadata The MediaPreserve is able to provide.
Careful Restoration.
Engineers with decades of industry experience are able to restore recordings and create the highest-quality digital master. The MediaPreserve provides a spectrum of restoration services, from emergency recovery of assets — damaged from water or fire — to basic repairs of recordings. Our engineers can do necessary repairs and make sure that all work is extensively documented and pre-approved.
