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MicroMV is a proprietary videotape format introduced in October 2001 by
* 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).
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.
Ulead DVD Workshop 2
��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
MicroMV (2001 – 2006)
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MicroMV is a proprietary videotape format introduced in October 2001 by Sony
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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 Digital8 or DV cassette and slightly smaller than an audio microcassette. 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.
Overview
The MicroMV format does not use the "DV25" codec used by the highly popular DV & MiniDV videocassette formats. Instead, it uses 12 Mbit/s MPEG-2 compression, like that used for DVDs and HDV. Footage recorded on MicroMV format initially could not be directly edited with mainstream DV editing software such as Adobe Premiere or Apple Final Cut Pro; instead Sony supplied its ownvideo editing software
Video editing software or a video editor is software used for performing the post-production video editing of digital video sequences on a non-linear editing system (NLE). It has replaced traditional flatbed celluloid film editing tools and analo ...
MovieShaker (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
* 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. * Vegas Movie Studio-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.
Ulead DVD Workshop 2
��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
See also
* CamcorderReferences
External links
MicroMV (2001 – 2006)
at the Museum of Obsolete Media Video storage Discontinued media formats Audiovisual introductions in 2001 Japanese inventions Videocassette formats {{electronics-stub