For Southtree Customers
Used Southtree? You've got the files. Now let's make them useful.
If you sent tapes to Southtree, you've probably got a drive or a download link with your videos on it by now — usually one file per tape, no way to jump to a specific moment. We can take those files and break them into chapters you can actually search — by event and description, with names and dates when available. You don't have to send the tapes anywhere again, we just need the files you already have.
Getting Your Files From Southtree
Where your Southtree files actually are
Southtree delivers video as MP4 (H.264), typically around 480p at 29.97fps — that's standard definition, matching the original VHS source, not a limitation of what they did. It's completely fine for us: send us those exact MP4 files, delivered through your choice of USB thumb drive, DVD, or digital download. Since the source is already standard-definition, this is also a reasonable time to consider our optional AI upscaling add-on — totally your call, not required to get the searchable archive.
What KeepFrame Adds
Searchable chapters
Search by event and description, with names and dates when supported by labels, notes, or confirmed information.
Cross-archive highlight reels
Related moments pulled together from across your whole collection.
Optional restoration
AI picture upscaling and color correction, priced separately.
Pricing
$10 per hour of footage
Same rate we use for any already-digitized files, no matter where they came from. Full pricing is here. Used a different service? This works the same way either way.