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Digitising a video cassette using the video transfer box

In this video we use the Pinnacle video transfer box and practically demonstrate digitising a VHS cassette to MPEG-4.

Digitising an audio cassette with a digital dictaphone

Digitising an audio analogue cassette can be a time consuming process with sophisticated equipment. In this video we show how an audio cassette can be digitised easilly with a digital dictaphone that doubles up as a memory stick.

Digitising audio cassettes using the EzTape2PC

Digitising audio cassettes can be a time consuming activity, but it is well worth the effort in order to make resources available through technology. In this video we show how the ION Tape2PC can be used to record and produce separate MP3 tracks from an audio tape source using the EzTape2PC software.

Digitising Analogue Video to MPEG-4

For many years people have used the VCR/DVD trolley in their classrooms. But now with all of the new technologies that exist and particularly interactive whiteboards and student mobile devices teachers now need to digitise their VHS cassettes to make them available through these mediums.

The feedback from our clients has to date been that this is a slow arduous process that only a few schools have seen to tackle entirely. Its a case of , "too technical", "too time consuming", or that IT Departments have been elected to do this job and therefore that with the pressures on them to keep school IT systems running that this is a slow job.

The Pinnacle Video Transfer box goes some way to solving these problems and empowering more teachers to get their videos available digitally. The simple box plugs into your analogue video source and records it straight to memory stick. Then you can just copy and paste your MPEG-4 from the memory stick to wherever you want.

Please take a look at the video below and see how useful this can be.

Microsoft Photo Story Example

An example of some Year 3 students work using Photo Story to put together a video on Spring on the farm.

Try using a digital dictaphone

A digital dictaphone, such as those made by Olympus, can be very powerful in recording audio for a whole range of reasons. There are many benefits in selecting a model that easily plugs into a USB port just like a memory stick so that the recorded digital files; usually in WMA or MP3 format can then be copied and pasted to network locations so that students and other staff can access them. Watch this short video that we have prepared: