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MicroMV is a proprietary videotape format introduced in October 2001 by
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
. It is the smallest videotape format — 70% smaller than MiniDV or about the size of two US
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Places
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Placenames
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coins; it is also smaller than a
Digital8
Digital8 (or Di8) is a consumer digital recording videocassette for camcorders based on the 8 mm video format developed by Sony, and introduced in 1999.
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or
DV cassette and slightly smaller than an audio
microcassette
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. It was the first helical scan tape system using
MR read head introduced to the market. Each cassette can hold up to 60 minutes of video.
The MicroMV format does not use the "DV25"
codec
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used by the highly popular
DV & MiniDV videocassette formats. Instead, it uses 12
Mbit/s
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MPEG-2
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compression, like that used for
DVD
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s and
HDV
HDV is a format for recording of high-definition video on DV cassette tape. The format was originally developed by JVC and supported by Sony, Canon, and Sharp. The four companies formed the HDV Consortium in September 2003.
Conceived as an af ...
. Footage recorded on MicroMV format initially could not be directly edited with mainstream DV editing software such as
Adobe Premiere
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or Apple
Final Cut Pro
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; instead Sony supplied its own
video editing software
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MovieShaker
MovieShaker is a video editing program for Microsoft Windows made by Sony. The newest version of MovieShaker, released in 2002, is 3.3.
Compared to other video editing programs that are available, MovieShaker is strictly low-tech. However, ...
(for
Windows
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PCs only). Later versions of Ulead Video Studio and several freeware applications however could capture and edit from Sony MicroMV Camcorders.
MicroMV was unsuccessful. Sony was the only electronics manufacturer to sell MicroMV cameras. In 2006, Sony stopped offering new MicroMV camcorder models.
In November 2015, Sony announced that shipment of MicroMV cassettes would be discontinued in March 2016.
MicroMV camcorders
![Micromv](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Micromv.jpg)
* Sony DCR-IP7 (2001)
* Sony DCR-IP5 (2001)
* Sony DCR-IP45 (2002)
* Sony DCR-IP55 (2002)
* Sony DCR-IP210 (2002)
* Sony DCR-IP220 (2002)
* Sony DCR-IP1 (2003)
NTSC models only can play NTSC recordings, while PAL models can play both PAL and NTSC. PAL models end with an "E" (e.g. DCR-IP7E).
Software supporting MicroMV
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MovieShaker
MovieShaker is a video editing program for Microsoft Windows made by Sony. The newest version of MovieShaker, released in 2002, is 3.3.
Compared to other video editing programs that are available, MovieShaker is strictly low-tech. However, ...
—Sony's own video editing software originally supplied with MicroMV camcorders.
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Vegas Movie Studio
Vegas Movie Studio (previously Sony Vegas Movie Studio) is a consumer-based nonlinear video editing software designed for the PC. It is a scaled-down version of Vegas Pro. Movie Studio was formerly called "Sonic Foundry VideoFactory" and then "So ...
-Supports capturing video from MicroMV camcorders (in HDV mode).
CapDVHSSupports capturing video from MicroMV camcorders.
€”Software by Sony for capturing clips, including MicroMV.
Pinnacle Studio versions 8 and 9€”Captures clips and allows editing, DVD creation etc. Dropped from version 10.
GrabMV€”Captures MicroMV clips.
FFMPEG€”support for MPEG-TS playback
Blender€”Video Sequencer supports editing of the MPEG-TS directly thanks to ffmpeg.
Apple iMovie '08 to '11 for Mac€”Natively supports importing from MicroMV video cameras. Dropped from iMovie 10.x.
€”Includes MPEG MicroMV video capture plugin.
Ulead VideoStudio versions 7 to 9Supports importing from MicroMV camcorders. Dropped from newer versions.
Windows Movie Maker- included free with Windows Vista Home Premium
See also
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Camcorder
A camcorder is a self-contained portable electronic device with video and recording as its primary function. It is typically equipped with an articulating screen mounted on the left side, a belt to facilitate holding on the right side, hot-swa ...
*
DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any kin ...
References
External links
MicroMV (2001 – 2006)at the Museum of Obsolete Media
Video storage
Discontinued media formats
Audiovisual introductions in 2001
Japanese inventions
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