MicroMV
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 MicroMV videocassette | |
| Media type | Magnetic Tape |
|---|---|
| Encoding | NTSC, PAL |
| Standard | Interlaced video |
| Usage | Home movies |
MicroMV is a proprietary videotape format introduced in October 2001 by Sony. This videocassette is physically smaller than a Digital8 or DV cassette. In fact, MicroMV is the smallest videotape format — 70% smaller than MiniDV or about the size of two US quarter coins. MicroMV 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.[1]
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 own video editing software MovieShaker (for Windows PCs only). Later versions of Ulead Video Studio and several freeware applications however could capture and edit from Sony MicroMV Camcorders.
MicroMV has not been a successful format. Sony was the only electronics manufacturer to sell MicroMV cameras. As of January 2006, Sony no longer offered any new MicroMV camcorder models. In November 2015, Sony announced that shipment of MicroMV cassettes would be discontinued in March 2016.[2][3][4]
Software Supporting MicroMV
- MovieShaker—Sony's own video editing software
- DVgate Plus—Software by Sony for capturing clips, including MicroMV.
- Pinnacle Studio versions 9—Captures clips and allows editing, DVD creation etc. Dropped from version 11.
- 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 for Mac—Natively supports importing from MicroMV video cameras.
- Ulead DVD Workshop 2—Includes MPEG MicroMV video capture plugin.
- Windows Movie Maker - included free with Windows Vista Home Premium
See also
References
- ↑ "Product: Micro MV Tape". http://www.sony.co.uk. Retrieved 22 August 2013. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ "Sony is finally killing off Betamax video tapes". The Telegraph. 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
"Sony will end the shipment of Betamax video cassettes and micro MV cassettes in March 2016," the company said in a Japanese-language statement on its website.
- ↑ "ベータビデオカセットおよびマイクロMVカセットテープ出荷終了のお知らせ" [Beta video cassette and micro MV cassette tape shipment end of announcement] (in Japanese). Sony Japan. 2015-11-10. Archived from the original on 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
ソニーは2016年3月※をもって、ベータビデオカセットおよびマイクロMVカセットの出荷を終了いたします。 ("Sony with a ? March 2016, will end the shipment of beta video cassette and micro cassette MV.")
- ↑ "40 years later, Sony finally kills Betamax". Engadget. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
[Sony is] also dropping its MicroMV camcorder tapes In a bid to... make space in the warehouse, we guess.