Film to DVD

8mm Frame by Frame Transfer to DVD

This video covers our equipment and how we transfer your 8mm film reels to DVD and other digital formats.

16mm Film Transfer Equipment frame by frame to DVD

This video covers the transfer equipment & technology of our 16mm movie film transfer to DVD. Great detail, frame by frame scanning at our studio in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Super 8 Sound Film Transfer Equipment frame by frame to DVD

We show you exactly how we convert film to dvd using frame by frame scanning technology. Completely synced, true speed at 18fps & 24fps, crystal clear image transfer.
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The most common question out there is, 'what equipment do you use for your film transfers' . First off, if you are researching around on the web, there is a lot of smoke an mirrors out there with other companies just shooting film through a projector and recording off the wall and telling you otherwise. Confusing and misleading and putting down the competition, but not giving any details or access to there 'equipment' .   At Got Memories, there is no smoke and mirrors!  Come by our store anytime to view our equipment & process, even a sample transfer of your film! ( We are currently editing a video this week on the process, so stay tuned! )

We use DV8 & DV16 Sniper Frame by Frame machines with audio pulse generated stop motion capture, compiled with Cinecap Velocity software it's the latest and greatest equipment out there!

The process of frame by frame stop motion capture goes a little bit like this: Your 8mm, Super 8, 16mm film is transported one frame at a time ( there is 4,000 small pictures in a 3inch 50ft reel ) by means of a cam wheel actuated film advance pin, there are no sprocket or gears involved in the film transport mechanism, film is handled under light tension which cannot tear even fragile film.  Naturally there is a light source that is controllable, this lighting system is LED, not hot bulbs that can burn your films. The LED system is unaffected by electrical variance unlike bulbs.

As each frame of film is advanced a cam wheel trips a micro switch that instructs the computer to capture a complete single frame of film and save it as an image file and this continues throughout the process of a roll of film resulting in thousands of still images of each single frame of film. The frame triggering is an audio pulse generator, resulting in a precision and speedy of capture for greater productivity and rigid accuracy, resulting in lower costs to you!

The next process is computerised and requires some heavy duty high-powered equipment to perform successfully and absolutely accurately where the individual frames are compiled into a single video file for later editing and DVD authoring or transfer to videotape for archival storage. The compile process can create video vision at any nominated playback speed from 7.9.12.15.16.18.20.24 frames per second so if a film was originally exposed at a non standard 18/24 fps this method is the only way to play back at a normal viewing speed that looks natural, this is something projector based transfers can not do.

We have deliberately simplified the description of the process as it would take many pages to explain the technicalities, however endpoint form:


  • Each frame of film has a corresponding video frame which when assembled into a video results in smooth playable and easy to watch video.
  • There are no sprocket or gears that could possibly damage the film.
  • The LED light source is safe and cannot bleach films.There is no heat from LED
  • Quality high-end computers results in error-free transfers and conversion to video file for DVD authoring of the highest order.

I hope this segment has provided you with enough information to decide for yourself that Got Memories is the best, affordable Frame By Frame film transfer company in the USA!