MicroMV
MicroMV is a standard introduced by Sony around the turn of the millennium for camcorder cartridges in the ultra-compact range. With MicroMV, the smallest and lightest camcorders in the world were built in the early 2000s. A total of five different models with MicroMV came onto the market, all of which can be recognized by their DCR-IP suffix . The production of these devices has now been discontinued. However, tapes were still available in 2007.
MicroMV records on postage stamp-sized cassettes with an MPEG-2 derivative at a data rate of 12 Mbit / s. The recording format is incompatible with DV ; due to the stronger compression, the image quality is also slightly below that of DV, but this is hardly noticeable in practice.
It is difficult to get software support for the * .mmv file format created by MicroMV, as not many video editing software support this format. However, there are now some manufacturers who have built MMV functionalities into their software or for whom a plug-in is offered. For example, there is a plug-in from Mainconcept for Adobe Premiere .
On Macintosh computers, iMovie has been able to import since iMovie '08 (version 7.0).
Since there has never been a freely available update for Sony's in-house video tool since 2001, it is a good idea to use other solutions.
There is also a freely available tool for MS-Windows that converts * .mmv to * .mpg files, which is offered under the name mmv2mpg.exe . It is operated in the command prompt (DOS window), but also offers batch processing options.
List of Previously Manufactured MicroMV Devices:
- DCR-IP 5
- DCR-IP 7
- DCR-IP 55
- DCR-IP 220
- DCR-IP 1
Some of these models offer support for network functionalities via Bluetooth , which enable the sending of pictures, MPEG films, e-mails and surfing the Internet if a corresponding Bluetooth adapter or a Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone is available.
On November 10, 2015, Sony announced that it would discontinue the production of MicroMV cartridges and Betamax cartridges by March 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Volker Zota: Sony stops production of Betamax video cassettes. In: heise online. Heise Zeitschriften Verlag, November 10, 2015, accessed on November 10, 2015 .