After about 10 to a maximum of 40 years analogue material starts to decay, which can’t be stopped even at appropriate storage. Digitisation is the only way to save and preserve the recorded pictures and videos.
We digitise all common image media like slides, photos and negatives. More than that also 8mm films, VHS and all video tapes like Betamax, Betacam, U-Matic and even recording tapes and audio cassettes.
35mm slides we digitise starting at 17p/slide, VHS tapes starting at £5.99/tape. When digitising at MEDIAFIX, you will also benefit from our best-price-guarantee. Further, prices depend on the amount, format and chosen quality level. You can find a complete price list here.
Yes. We digitise in our own plant in Cologne. All work processes are liable to the determinations of German data protection. Your data is not transferred to foreign servers. They are only saved due to processing your order and are deleted afterwars.
You can contact our data protection officer Guido Aßhoff at datenschutz@mediafix.de.
MEDIAFIX is the largest company in the UK for converting analog media to digital considering the number of employees, the amount of converted films and images per month, sales and plant size: With about one million converted slides per month, MEDIAFIX is the market leader in slide converting. We can provide several advantages to our customers:
The most important steps for your order at MEDIAFIX:
You can deliver your media by post. Just send them to the following address:
MEDIAFIX Logistics Centre
AMCO Park, Acanthus Road
Redditch
Worcestershire
B98 9EX
We will return your digitised media by insured shipping when your order has been completed.
For post delivery you should pack everything up in a way that your media are safe and can’t be damaged.
Here is a detailed guide about to consider.
Usually 90 % of all orders can be processed within two to four weeks. In high capacity periods our processing time can be a little longer.
While processing your order, you will get two notifications per e-mail concerning your order status:
Please check your spam folder.
Please note: From receiving your order to sending you a notification it can take a couple days. This can be the case in high capacity periods.
Payment has to be done by bank transfer. Only then we are able to hand out your media. Please wait until you receive the invoice!
Please note: We require payment in advance.
You will receive your invoice via e-mail. Please also consider your spam folder.
For return shipping you just pay the normal post shipping costs.
Depending on your wishes and the amount of storage space required, your converted media are saved on:
You also have the option to send us your own storage device.
The required storage space depends on the chosen quality level. Higher quality levels require more storage space.
The overview shows average files sizes of the different media types:
Media type | File size |
Slides | approx. 4 – 16 MB / image |
Slides saved as TIFF files | approx. 100 – 140 MB / image |
Negative | approx. 3 – 12 MB / image |
Negatives saved as TIFF files | approx. 100 – 140 MB / image |
Photos | approx. 1 – 5 MB / image |
Photo albums | approx. 2 – 5 MB / image |
8mm films | approx. 110 – 310 MB / 10 minutes |
VHS | approx. 520 MB / 10 minutes |
VHS-C | approx. 620 MB / 10 minutes |
S-VHS | approx. 1,3 GB / 10 minutes |
S-VHS-C | approx. 1,2 GB / 10 minutes |
MiniDV | approx. 520 MB / 10 minutes |
Hi8 | approx. 490 MB / 10 minutes |
Betamax | approx. 1,0 GB / 10 minutes |
Audio cassettes / recording tapes | approx. 23 MB / 10 minutes |
Costs depend on the required storage space. We provide following storage devices and services:
Alternatively you can send in an own storage device.
Please ensure that your USB drive or hard disk
If the storage space is not sufficient, we will have to use one of our provided storage devices for an extra charge. Please understand that.
We are not able to use DVDs or SD cards for saving purposes. Also please understand that.
Notes for formatting:
Please format your storage device as stated:
For images: Format in FAT32.
For videos: Format in NTFS.
For Apple devices: Format in exFAT, since only this file system is compatible with Windows and macOS.
35mm, medium- and large-format slides
We convert all 35mm, medium- and large-format slides
Other formats
We also convert
If you’re not sure which kind of formats your slides/negatives have, it’s no problem. Just start a non-binding request or contact our customer service at 020 3904438-0. You can reach us from Monday to Friday from 10.00 a.m. - 3.00 p.m. by phone.
Further information and questions concerning slide digitisation you can find in the lower part of this site: Convert slides at MEDIAFIX.
In general: The higher the scan resolution, the more details can be captured. Our quality levels:
Please note: Only professional scan resolutions can ensure that you can zoom into the picture and see smallest details.
No, we process all frame types and also unframed single slides. Here’s an overview:
35mm, medium- and large-format negatives
We convert all 35mm, medium- and large-format negatives
Other formats
We also convert
We do not digitise undeveloped negatives.
Please note: In many cases a negative collection contains other formats without our customers knowing it. Normally we also scan these formats, if the costs don’t exceed £100. If it is more than that, we will contact you.
You can find more information here: Convert negatives to digital at MEDIAFIX
In general: The higher the scan resolution, the more details can be captured. Our quality levels:
By inverting a negative the image turns into a positive. After long storage periods the colours often are faded or have tints. These typical signs of age can be fixed very well by our Premium-inversion via raw data. After scanning, the files are saved in a raw data format without any compression. Based on this, colours, lightness and contrast can be restored, which leads to amazing results even at very old negatives.
We scan photos with a size up to A4.
If you have even larger photos, please contact our customer service at 020 3904438-0 and they will give you advice for what we can do for you.
For digitising photos we provide the following resolutions:
Yes. We digitise your photos directly from the album withour having to remove them. We provide two options:
We digitise photo albums starting at 35p per scan.
For faded, tinted or dirty photos we provide a post-processing service for 6p/photo and a cleaning service for 5p/photo. You can see examples during the order process.
We convert Super 8 and Normal 8 films with our frame-by-frame-technology. This enables a calm and stable picture and a playback in 18 or 24 FPS. More information about 8mm converting.
Yes. When converting analogue media to digital, there is always a loss of information. A high scan resolution can minimise this issue and enables a playback that rather matches the original film. The size of your viewing devide also plays a role. The larger the display, the larger a single pixel. Recordings with low resolution can look very pixelated here.
Yes. We highly recommend our WETGATE cleaning service for your 8mm films. Often the film material has scratches to its age and the tape became brittle. The WETGATE cleaning fills up the scratches so that they will be less visible in the converted film. In addition it makes the tape more stable and the risk for a film tear can be minimised.
Depending on the size of your viewing devices we provide the following quality levels:
The vast majority of Super 8 films are silent films. To find out whether your film has a sound track, please take a closer look at the film tape. If there is a sound track, you will find an orange-brown magnetic tape about 0.5 to 0.8 millimetres wide. Occasionally you will also find two sound tracks. If your Super 8 film has a sound track, we can also transfer it.
If you do not feel confident enough to check whether your Super 8 film has a soundtrack, we will be happy to do this for you. Of course, the costs for soundtrack digitisation are only incurred if your Super 8 films also contain a soundtrack.
We convert these video cassettes:
We provide digitisation of NTSC cassettes for Hi8 and MiniDV only. The videos are saved as MP4 files and not as video DVDs. We convert all other formats in the PAL standard.
The recordings on your tapes are converted in the PAL standard. This is the maximum that we can do for your video cassettes.
The cassette types Betamax, Betacam SP, S-VHS, S-VHS-C, U-matic and Video 2000 already have a digital signal, so that we save these formats as MP4 files. For every other cassette type there is the option for saving as video DVD or for an extra charge of £2.99/tape as MP4 file.
Saving option | Purpose of use |
Video DVD | Easily playable on every DVD player |
MP4 file | Ideal for further editing in video editing software |
At MEDIAFIX, we have various options for rescuing your video cassettes. For a flat rate of £15.00, for example, we take on the professional repair of up to three film tears per cassette. We can also repair tape damage and defective mechanics.
However, mould infestation is excluded, as this can damage our digitisation equipment.
No, because we rewind them free of charge before digitisation.
We convert classic audio cassettes to digital as well as old recordings tapes.
Have your audio cassettes and recording tapes converted now!
Yes, for an extra charge of £7.50 you have the option to have your audio cassettes and recording tapes converted to CD.
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MEDIAFIX Logistics Centre
AMCO Park, Acanthus Road
Redditch
Worcestershire
B98 9EX
Phone: | 020 3904438-0 |
Fax: | 020 3904438-1 |
E-mail: | info (at) mediafix.co.uk |
Business hours
Mon-Fri | 10.00 a.m. - 3.00 p.m. |