Video Conversion & Digitizing

We create high-quality archival digital versions of your home movies. Included in the cost are the high-resolution digitization, cropping, and basic renaming.

All tapes - $30 per tape

DVDs - $15 per DVD

Any additional processing (splitting into individual videos, video tape repair, redating, etc.) is billed at the standard hourly rate of $100/hour. Prices also do not include archival storage.

The cost of digital delivery via Dropbox link ($15), USB ($15 per), or external hard drive ($150, solid state drive) is an additional charge.

We convert the common home movie formats such as VHS, VHS-C, Video 8, Hi 8, Digital 8, and MiniDV in our Smithfield, Virginia office. We have a local vendor that converts film reels for us under our close supervision.

If you have something to convert that we don't have listed, just ask us!

All videos will be delivered as MP4 files with high-quality H.264 compression, which is industry standard and easily shareable.

If you live in the central or southeastern area of Virginia, we can make arrangements for you to deliver to videos to us. Or we can travel to you to pick them up (A travel fee of $0.50/mile roundtrip from Smithfield, Virginia will be charged).

Not local? Don’t worry. You can ship your items to us and we’ll send your digital files and original items back to you (shipping fee not included).  Clients from all over the world have shipped their precious items to us and we've returned them the same way without issue. We recommend using a trusted shipping company such as UPS or FedEx to send your items.

If you are nervous about shipping your items to us, we suggest shipping in smaller batches.

All digital files will be delivered by one or more of the following methods depending on the size of the archive and client request:

• Dropbox link ($15 - link will be active for 14 days after delivery)
• USB drive ($25 each)
• External Hard Drive (variable cost depending on size; usually around $150 for a solid state drive)

We do not deliver files on CDs.

You will receive all of your original items back in a manner agreed upon between you and Good Life Photo Solutions.

No. We use our own tested equipment so all you need to send is your tapes or DVDs.

However, we are always looking for backup cameras and VCRs so if you have one you are looking to get rid of, please let us know.

No, we don't deliver any files on DVDs or CDs. We find that this is not a good format for archiving, sharing, and saving. It's much more reliable to use USBs or external hard drives.

We use clues from the tape box, the tape itself, and the video to come up with a customized name for each video. Using a standard naming convention, a tape marked 1987 Easter at Grandma's would be named 1987-04 Easter at Grandmas.mp4. This basic renaming is included in our standard cost.

No. We only convert entire tapes because it's not cost-effective for our staff to sit and watch the recording to capture just a small section. If you want just a small section, we can crop the video to that size at our regular hourly rate of $100/hour, in addition to the original conversion charge.

Because we convert your videos to MP4 files (a standardized video file type), you can watch them on most computers, tablets, laptops, and smart TVs.

You can share your MP4 files on a thumb drive or online sites such as social media, YouTube, or Vimeo.

We have an optional service in which we can upload your videos to a private Youtube playlist on your YouTube channel. This is charged at our regular hourly rate of $100.