Athens Video | Media Conversion | About Formats

Common Conversion Examples

  • VHS tape to DVD
  • Powerpoint to DVD
  • Cassette / LP to CD
  • PAL (foreign) to NTSC (U.S.)
  • Powerpoint slideshow to DVD
  • DVD to web video
  • Mini DVD disc to regular DVD disc




Note:  We cannot duplicate copyrighted material without the expressed consent of the owners of the copyright.  Examples of what we cannot duplicate are movies, TV shows, or audio CDs not created by the client.  An exception can be made if material to be duplicated is for educational or instructional purposes. but only if material is used as part of an educational presentation. 

Analog Formats

  • NTSC VHS / PAL VHS
  • VHS C (small VHS tapes used in adapters)
  • S-VHS and S-VHS C (also called Super VHS)
  • Cassette and Micro-cassette
  • 8 mm / Hi 8 (Sony Format)
  • 35 mm slides and photographs

Digital Formats

  • NTSC DVD / PAL DVD
  • Digital 8 (Sony Format)
  • JPG / BMP / TIFF and other image formats
  • Video formats including AVI, MOV, MPG 1, MPG 2, M4V, FLV, MTS, M2V, WMV, MP4, MPG 2 for Blu-Ray, H264, and many others.
  • Audio formats including MP3, WAV, AIFF, WMA and many other

Accepted Sources

  • VHS and VHS-C (PAL and NTSC)
  • SVHS and SHVS-C
  • DVCAM
  • DV
  • All digital files
  • LP Records
  • Cassettes / Micro Cassettes
  • Powerpoint
  • CD and DVD
  • HDV and HD
Sources we do not accept
  • 8 mm / Super 8 mm / 16 mm Film Reels
  • PAL 8 mm
  • Betamax
  • All Beta formats
  • DVCPro (JVC)
  • SECAM