Mini DV Tape to Digital

Heirloom is America’s best MiniDV to digital conversion service, with free repair for broken tapes and credit for blanks. Stream online, download your video, or buy a USB flash drive with all your MP4 files. Start with a shipping box or label today!

$17.99$30.00

Preserve Your MiniDV Memories Before They're Lost Forever

MiniDV tapes fade with time, heat, and moisture. A single accident can erase years of memories. Heirloom converts MiniDV content to high-quality digital files—no hassle, no stress. Preserve your priceless moments today!

"MiniDV to DVD" is a Mistake

Plastic discs are just another form of obsolete & fragile media. DVDs easily scratch, become unreadable, and are no longer used on modern computers. Don’t transfer your memories to a format that’s already outdated... future-proof MiniDV content on Heirloom’s secure cloud!

Cloud Preservation

Heirloom labels your MiniDV tapes with matching digital filenames for easy organization. Add searchable descriptions and stream your videos from your secure Heirloom account, anytime. With multiple data center backups, your memories stay safe from fire, floods, and life’s uncertainties.

Convert MiniDV to MP4 Video

Heirloom converts each MiniDV tape to a digital MP4 video file that is downloadable to play on any device. Because MiniDV tape has limited signal, your digital video will be converted to 720p, or High Definition (HD). This 1280x720 resolution is used by YouTube, Netflix, and other popular streaming services.

Broken MiniDV Tape

MiniDV Tape Repair

Heirloom offers free tape repair! Our experts fix moldy or broken MiniDV tapes, often replacing a faulty cassette. While many repairs succeed, we can't guarantee recovery for all tapes, especially those with "Sticky Shed" syndrome.

Credit for Blank MiniDV Tapes

Heirloom charges a unit price for each MiniDV tape received in your order. After hours of playing your cassettes, we may discover that some of your tapes are completely blank. It's our policy to issue you a transferable credit, on an Heirloom digital gift card that never expires, for each blank MiniDV tape we encounter.

NTSC, PAL, and SECAM

Heirloom converts MiniDV tapes from all formats, not just the National Television Standards Committee (NTSC) standard used in North America. We also digitize tapes in Phase Alternate Line (PAL) and Sequential Color with Memory (SECAM) formats, preserving your memories no matter where they were recorded.

Free Cost Estimate

After credit for any blank tapes, MiniDV tape to digital conversion is just $17.99 per tape, regardless of length. Heirloom rescues memories from any media format, so feel free to send everything. No hidden fees—use our digitizing calculator to get a total cost estimate!

Why Heirloom?

Digitize Everything – You can mix and match any old media sent to Heirloom. We digitize all videotapes, photos, film reels, specialty media, and even recover data from floppy disks!

Online Vault – Your videos can be stored safely in Heirloom’s redundant & secure cloud, ensuring your memories are never lost to fire, flood, or outdated technology.

Files in a Flash – In addition to the cloud, you can receive all your files on a single USB 3.0 flash drive for extra safekeeping. Flash drives conveniently plug into most smart TVs!

Safe Shipping – Order an Heirloom shipping box to safely send your MiniDV tapes for digitizing. For faster service, buy an Heirloom shipping label and drop off your own box at the UPS Store today!

Heirloom Shipping Boxes

Order an Heirloom shipping box to safely send all your MiniDV tapes for digitizing. Each box comes with waterproof bags, all required packing materials, and includes the return of your original tapes.

Small Box
Holds up to 40 MiniDV tapes, or a mix of tapes & small items.

Medium Box
Holds over 100 MiniDV tapes, or a mix of tapes & photo albums.

Large Box
Holds nearly 1,000 MiniDV tapes, or a mix of tapes & large items like scrapbooks, photo slide carousels, and framed pictures.

Ship Your Own Box Today

Buy a prepaid label and attach it to your own box... any size or weight! Drop it off at your nearest UPS Store. Includes the return of your media... an amazing savings!

The Easiest Way to Digitize MiniDV Tapes

Buy an Heirloom Box or Label – Choose the right size box, or order a shipping label if you already have a good box and would like to start today.

Drop Your Shipment at the UPS StoreConvenient drop off. Stores are open late and on weekends. No waiting to pay, get an immediate receipt to track your shipment.

Enjoy Your MiniDV Memories in a Few Days – Get an itemized invoice to digitize whatever you shipped. Enjoy the memories online within two weeks of making the payment.

Ready to digitize?

Pack whatever old media fits.
We'll sort it all & send an invoice.