After the tapes are digitized.
Plain, useful guides for turning a drive of old home-movie files into an archive your family actually opens — findable, dated, and kept for good.
You digitized your old tapes. Now what?
You digitized your tapes and got a drive of files nobody opens. Here's how to make it watchable, searchable by face, and kept for good.
Read the guide →Why a folder of MP4s isn't a family archive
Your digitized tapes are just a folder of files nobody opens. Here's the difference between storage and a family video archive that answers questions.
Read the guide →What to Do With Your Legacybox or iMemories Files
Got your Legacybox or iMemories drive back? Here's what to do next — keep the files safe, make them watchable, and search every tape by face.
Read the guide →How to Organize Digitized Home Movies (Without Renaming a Single File)
You digitized the tapes and got a drive of four-hour files. Here's how to organize digitized home movies by face and date, not by hand.
Read the guide →How to find one person across every tape you own
Find a relative across hours of old home videos by pointing at one face. Why human-confirmed names beat AI guessing on grainy VHS, and how to start.
Read the guide →How to find every video of your grandparents
Point at one face on a grainy VHS still and find your grandmother across every tape. Why human-confirmed names beat AI guessing, and how to start.
Read the guide →Does face recognition work on old, grainy VHS?
Finding a face on grainy VHS works; a machine deciding who it is doesn't. Why Rediscover has a person confirm every name — and keeps your footage sealed.
Read the guide →How to date old home movies that have no timestamps
A file's date is only the day you digitized it. Here's how to date old home movies using clues inside the footage — never invented years.
Read the guide →Can Google or Apple Photos organize your old home videos?
Google and Apple Photos are great for phone snapshots. For decades-old VHS home movies, wrong dates and 50-pixel faces get in the way. Here's the fix.
Read the guide →How to watch old MiniDV and DV files that won't play
DV file won't play? Here's why old MiniDV files won't open in modern players — and how to make them watchable while keeping the original master.
Read the guide →A memorial reel, made from the home movies you already have
A practical guide to a memorial or milestone reel from digitized home movies: find every clip of one person and mark the moments that matter.
Read the guide →Ready to make your own tapes findable?
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