MicroMV is a proprietary videotape format introduced in October 2001 by

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. It is the smallest videotape format — 70% smaller than MiniDV or about the size of two US quarter coins; it is also smaller than a

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or DV cassette and slightly smaller than an audio

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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"

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used by the highly popular DV & MiniDV videocassette formats. Instead, it uses 12

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compression, like that used for DVDs and

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. Footage recorded on MicroMV format initially could not be directly edited with mainstream DV editing software such as

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or Apple

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; instead Sony supplied its own

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MovieShaker (for

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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

* 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

* MovieShaker—Sony's own video editing software originally supplied with MicroMV camcorders. *

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-Supports capturing video from MicroMV camcorders (in HDV mode).
CapDVHS
Supports 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 9
Supports importing from MicroMV camcorders. Dropped from newer versions.
Windows Movie Maker
- included free with Windows Vista Home Premium

References

External links

MicroMV (2001 – 2006)
at the Museum of Obsolete Media Video storage Discontinued media formats Audiovisual introductions in 2001 Japanese inventions {{electronics-stub

MicroMV camcorders

Software supporting MicroMV

See also

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