Archived Projects
Past work with audio and video, full season DVD sets, favorite Blogs I follow, even my dear Kitties have gone on to the Rainbow Bridge.
Audio and Video Projects
Video Conversion is BACK!
VHS to Digital Conversion Services are back in 2023! Let Rainofhearts help preserve your family memories. Your VHS tape(s) can be converted to a digital file(s), which can be stored on a flash drive, data DVD, cloud drive, or external hard drive. This format allows you to easily play videos on your TV, computer, or other smart devices.
Thank you for the many business and hobby opportunities with video conversion prior to 2012. Completed unrestricted projects are still available for copy/distribution.
Video conversion from VHS to DVD, including full color menus and optional Direct-Print DVDr labeling. Home movies, corporate video material, any analog memory you would like to preserve and reproduce digitally forever without degradation. Clients have included Columbia Quarry Co. of Columbia, Illinois and residents of The Glenwood Supportive Living Facility of Greenville, Illinois.
Fun “for the fans” projects have included digital satellite television captures transcoded to dvd format, including full color menus and cover art. Many series extras/bonuses included in these collections: behind-the-scenes, interviews, original promo spots. Full Season Episode DVD sets of Queen of Swords (22), Noah’s Ark (6), Cold Squad (14) and Young Blades (13). These DVD sets were only created for television series unavailable for purchase from official retail sources.
Work with VideoPimp.org has involved AVI and Mpeg-2 capture of live music digital satellite television and some VHS, encoding to standard VCD/SVCD and Mpeg-4/XViD formats, and enhancing with synched digital audio tracks for promotional distribution on the web and on IRC. We followed Ryan Star (independent phenom turned Atlantic Records & Island artist) on his CBS Rockstar Supernova journey and archived his performances here.
My Cats at the Rainbow Bridge
Delia Nelle (Apr 2012—Jan 2024)
Adopted from Bond County Humane Society when she was 16 months old, Delia healed a hole left by Gabby and became so much more. This tiny dilute red tabby girl was loving, darling, demanding, picky, opinionated, loyal, and outgoing, with a little spot of copper in her left green iris. My constant BFF and roommate for over 10 years, Delia slept in my bed most nights, cuddled on my lap for television and while I worked at the computer. I’ve never known a cat quite like her. An acute storm of serious illnesses suddenly took her away the week of New Years, months before her twelfth birthday. Thank you, Deely, for letting me be your person... Your wings were ready, my heart was not.
Gabbriella (Jul 1993—Jun 2013)
Brought home “from the mean Greenville streets” by me, sweet and loving tortoiseshell Gabbriella stuck by me consistently through my pursuits of higher education and creative writing outlets. Gabby shared in the benefits once I landed upon this web coding passion hobby-turned-business before she passed away one month shy of twenty years.
Michael (Mar 1989—Oct 2002)
A twelfth birthday gift from my parents, coal black Michael was my first kitten. She only lived thirteen years, but she was deeply loved. She could see her reflection in a mirror and loved to chew paper. Maybe that’s why I moved into creating digital content instead.
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