Archival Video Preservation

Your memories deserve
more than a transfer.

We don't just move your tapes to a hard drive. We preserve them at full archival quality, then make every hour instantly navigable — so a lifetime of footage becomes something your family will actually watch again.

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Restoration

Original VHS  ↔  KeepFrame Restored

Drag to compare, or view both side by side. Every tape is stabilized, color-corrected, and upscaled before anything else happens to it.

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Real sample footage from a customer archive tape (used with consent), unrestored vs. AI-upscaled. One control plays/seeks both videos together, so they can't drift out of sync.

The KeepFrame Difference

Hours of footage.
Instantly navigable.

Every tape is analyzed and broken into named, searchable moments — automatically. No more scrubbing through forty minutes of static to find the birthday cake.

  • AI-generated chapter titles & timestamps for every real moment — quality-checked by our team
  • Search across your entire archive, not just one tape
  • Processed entirely on our own equipment — never uploaded to a third-party cloud AI service
Tape 04 — Christmas 1998
  • 00:12:44
    Christmas Morning
    Grandma and Grandpa arrive carrying presents.
  • 00:31:02
    Opening Gifts
    The kids tear into the tree in the living room.
  • 00:47:18
    Snow in the Backyard
    First snowball fight of the season.
  • 01:05:51
    Christmas Dinner
    The whole family gathers around the table.

Already digitized?

We can organize, chapter, and restore the files you already have — no need to start from tape. If your footage is sitting in a folder of unlabeled clips, we can turn it into an archive you'll actually use. Already used Legacybox, iMemories, or another service? See how upgrading works.

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Process

How it works

  1. 01

    Send us your tapes

    Drop off locally in Houston, ship them to us securely packaged, or ask about pickup in the greater Houston area. We'll confirm every tape received.

  2. 02

    We professionally digitize them

    Every tape is captured at full quality using professional broadcast decks — done in-house, not outsourced.

  3. 03

    Find anything in seconds

    This is the real value: imagine Netflix, but for your own history. Every tape becomes searchable by date, person, or event — any memory is a quick search away. Custom search setups available on request.

  4. 04

    You get it back, organized

    A private link to browse and search your archive online, plus your original tapes returned. Want a physical backup too? Digital copies on a USB flash drive are available as an add-on.

Pricing

Transparent, from the first tape

No surprise invoices. If something unusual turns up — a long EP tape, for instance — we'll tell you before we proceed, not after.

Videotape Digitization

$35/tape

Includes up to 2 hours. Longer recordings: +$10/hour, estimated at intake.

  • Professional broadcast-deck capture
  • KeepFrame chapter organization — included during beta
  • Up to 3 AI-generated highlight reels included (birthdays, firsts, holidays, etc.) — deeply specific or hard-to-detect requests reviewed case-by-case, may be quoted separately
  • Original tapes returned

Already Digitized?

$8/hour of footage

Send your existing files — no physical capture needed.

  • Same AI chaptering & organization
  • Up to 3 highlight reels included, same as above
  • No tapes to ship or drop off

Photo Digitization

$0.50/photo

High-resolution scans, up to 8x10. Larger or oversized prints priced separately.

  • High-resolution scanning
  • Organized and labeled, not just a folder of files
  • Original prints returned
  • Optional enhancement available for faded, soft, or damaged photos

AI Restoration

Quote

Optional picture enhancement — video upscaling or photo retouching, priced by scope and desired output.

  • Available as an add-on to any service above
New

KeepFrame Membership

$99/year

For archives that keep growing. One tape or one box of photos is rarely the end of it — more turns up in an attic or a relative's closet later.

  • Your archive stays hosted & searchable, not just handed off on a drive
  • New tapes and photos digitized at a member rate as you find them
  • Beyond your first 3 included reels: unlimited highlight reels, including specific or cultural requests (a particular holiday, a recurring family tradition), and existing reels keep updating automatically as new footage is added

Larger archives

6–15 tapes10% off
16–30 tapes15% off
31+ tapesCustom quote
100–299 photos10% off
300–999 photos15% off
1,000+ photosCustom quote

Add-ons

USB flash drive copyCost of drive + $10
Pickup & drop-off (greater Houston area, round-trip mileage)$20 + $1.50/mi
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Your originals stay yours

We never keep, sell, or use your footage for anything beyond your own order. Original tapes are returned with your finished archive.

Processed on our own equipment

Your memories are analyzed locally — never uploaded to a third-party cloud AI service.

Houston-based, hands-on

A small, local team — not a mail-in factory. You can talk to the person actually handling your tapes.

Start preserving your archive

Tell us a little about what you have, and we'll follow up with next steps and a quote.

Or email us directly at hello@wekeepframe.com