01Every tape is cataloged before it ever touches a deck.
Drop-off or insured shipping
Drop off at our San Francisco studio or we'll send a padded kit with prepaid labels.
We convert your family's old tapesHi8 and MiniDV: The most common camcorder format from 1990–2010. into beautifully organized digital films.
We're a boutique digitizer based in San Francisco. We built our own software so every tape is digitized and organized to relieve every memory like they just happened. Search by family member, date, or memory the second you receive your files.
Flat, transparent
$35 per tape
Includes digitizing, organizing, hosting, and shareable links.
Built from the ground up
How Pacific Archive Co works
You drop off (or ship) your tapes and we handle everything else. You get an organized digital library you can hand to your entire family.
02Captured at 10-bit 4:2:2 to preserve grain and color.
Best in class digitizing
Our Hi8 and MiniDV recorders use the highest quality readers and archive at full, lossless bit fidelity.
03Delivered as chapters plus the full archive.
Story-first organization
Our custom AI pipeline watches the footage, flag key moments, and tags every clip. This lets you search by family member, year, and memory so you can open the right scene instantly.
Every delivery includes a searchable library where you can find clips by family member, event, or moment. Each with rich descriptions of what actually happened.
Where we serve
We preserve memories from across the Bay
Marin County
Mt. Tam hikes, first steps in the redwoods, or family weekends in Sausalito.
San Francisco
Ocean Beach surf sessions, birthday parties in the park, or neighborhood block parties.
Berkeley & East Bay
Cal graduations, backyard BBQs, or childhood home videos.
The Peninsula
Garage startup demos, Stanford memories, or soccer games in Palo Alto.
In the Bay?
Drop off at our SF studio or we'll send you a prepaid shipping kit. We digitize tapes from anywhere in the Bay Area.
Outside of the Bay?
We'll let you know when we come to your neighborhood.
Everything included
Send us the tapes, we send back memories organized by person & moment.
Flat price
$35 / tape
Digitizing, color pass, hosting, and a shareable gallery included.
Formats
Hi8 · MiniDV · Digital8
SP + LP decks on hand, plus adapters for rare camera bodies.
Hosting
Private library
Password-protected portal, unlimited downloads for your family.
Ready when you are
Let's make your family archive future-proof.
Tell us how many tapes you have, whether you prefer drop-off or a shipping kit, and we'll reply with a schedule inside a day.
Turnaround to digitize is usually less than a week.
Replies within 24 hours.