Technical Services

We offer a full range of media transfer, post-production, and duplication services for academic materials*.

Transfer

We provide conversion of various formats, typically analog to digital or foreign media to US-compatible formats. From upgrading collections to projects needed for presentations or class use, each request requires specific equipment and knowledge. Please note that the transfer process requires more than real time to complete the digitizing, encoding, and publishing steps. For example, it may take an hour and a half of staff time to encode and publish 30 minutes of video. We also have the capability to edit and digitally master files to improve the quality or the usefulness of the media for the given project.

Sample pricing for Transfer Services:
Non-classroom transfer and duplication services are usually billed $30.00 per hour (in half-hour increments) of the real time required to complete the transfer, plus the cost of materials. Please note: unlabeled media will not be accepted.

• VHS to DVD transfer: $30/hr + DVDs @ $1.50 each
• Audio tape or vinyl to CD transfer: $30/hr + CDs @ $1.00 each

To request transfer services, please complete the service request form. If you have any questions about your project or the cost involved, please contact Jones Media Technical Services before submitting the request form. Costs listed on this site are estimated prices only. Actual costs may vary, and discounts may be available for larger jobs.

• HD, DVCAM, miniDV
• DVD, VHS, SVHS, C-VHS, Sony BetaMax
• Betacam SP, ¾-inch, ¾-inch SP
• Hi-8, Digital Hi-8
• Film: 8mm, Super-8, 16mm
• Audio cassette
• Reel-to-reel audio tape: ¼-inch 2 track, ¼-inch 4 track, ½-inch
• Digital Audio Tape (DAT)
• Vinyl records 33 to 100 RPM
• Wire recordings and other antiquated audio formats

Contact us or stop in during the day if you are not sure what type of source media you have.

Post-Production

Post production services are available for faculty, staff, or departmental projects including exhibits, presentations, grant proposals, and academic publishing. We provide assistance with editing, excerpting clips, reviewing presentations for quality of audio and video signals, and reformatting collections. As part of the service, we are able to minimize or remove undesirable artifacts from the original recording. Media may be published for various purposes (near-lossless master, edited master for archiving, viewing copies, and compressed files for internet delivery and electronic applications).

Duplication

• DVD
• Blu-ray disc
• CD
• Audio cassette

Duplication Costs: Flat rate duplication is billed at $8.00 per copy, including materials. Please note, this price is for non–archival duplication and does not include transfer or editing services such as format conversion, editing, excerpts, track insertion, normalization or other alterations of the source media. If you require conversion or editing please refer the information on transfer and post-production services, above.

Disc Printing: We can print text and graphics directly onto the disc media we stock.

Labeling: Non-disc formats can be labeled in full color using adhesive stock.
(Disc Printing and Labeling are included at no additional charge when requesting duplication or transfer services.)