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Home Services Conversion Station

Conversion Station

Convert your photos, home movies, and reel-to-reel film to digital formats. The Conversion Station makes it easy to share your memories with family and friends.

Manage your appointments

The Conversion Station is available to Tinley Park Library cardholders only.

Please call the Computer Assistant Desk at 708.845.5738 to check availability and schedule an appointment.

Procedures

Digitize and Preserve the Past

  • VHS
  • 8mm and Super8 film reels
  • 16mm film reels
  • Audio cassettes
  • 78, 45, and 33 1/3 vinyl records
  • 35mm film & slides
  • Video8 cassettes
  • Negatives
  • Photographs
  • Documents

Equipment

  • Apple iMac
  • RetroScan Universal HD Movie Scanner
  • EPSON Scanner
  • Analog to digital audio & video hubs
  • Dual cassette deck
  • Turntable
  • DVD player/Video cassette recorder

Software

  • Adobe Photoshop CC
  • Audacity
  • Blackmagic Media Express
  • Final Cut Pro
  • Handbrake
  • GIMP
  • iZotope RX 7 Audio Repair
  • SilverFast
  • VLC