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Kumara Velu

Kumara has a background in electronic engineering and has been exploring video technology since 1996. He has been a multimedia trainer since 1999, while editing various trade and technical magazines before switching to web publishing in 2007.

What is the MicroMV Format? How do You Play and Convert it to Digital?

<p>The MicroMV format was created by Sony in 2001&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s a Sony proprietary tape format like <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;what-is-video8-is-it-the-same-as-8mm&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>Video8<&sol;a>&comma; <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;hi8-video-wiki-sony-hi8-format-explained&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>Hi-8<&sol;a>&comma; and <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;digital8-camcorder-convert-analog-8mm-video-to-digital&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>Digital8<&sol;a>&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The MicroMV tape is&comma; however&comma; much smaller than Sony&&num;8217&semi;s 8mm tapes and <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;what-is-mini-dv&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>MiniDV <&sol;a>tapes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>MicroMV uses digital encoding similar to that […]

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DVCPRO Format Explained: Video Resolution, Tape Speed and Compression Ratio

<p>The DVCPRO format is also known as <strong>D7 <&sol;strong>among video industry professionals&period; It was developed by Panasonic and Broadcast Television Systems &lpar;BTS&rpar;&sol;Philips&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The format was targeted towards the professional video and TV broadcast markets&period; It saw popular use in the electronic newsgathering &lpar;ENG&rpar;field&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was released in 1995&comma; a year before Sony released the <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;dvcam-format&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” […]

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DVCAM Format Explained: Learn More About Sony’s Pro DV Format

<p>DVCAM stands for <strong>Digital Video Camera<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is a variant of the DV format developed by Sony&period; Introduced in 1996&comma; many regard it as the pro version of DV&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>DVCAM was meant as a competitor to <strong><a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;dvcpro-format-explained&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>DVCPRO<&sol;a><&sol;strong>&comma; introduced by Panasonic a year before in <strong>1995<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The format proved popular&period; By 1999&comma; 100&comma;000 units were […]

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What is the AC-3 (Dolby Digital) Audio Format? Where is it Used and How to Play it?

<p>AC-3 stands for <strong>Audio Codec -3<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The market name for AC-3 is <strong>Dolby Digital<&sol;strong> as it is a creation of Dolby Laboratories&period; The standard is laid down by the <strong>Advanced Television Systems Committee<&sol;strong> &lpar;ATSC&rpar; in ATSC Doc&period; A&sol;52A&period; It was released in <strong>1991<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It comes with the &nbsp&semi;<strong>&period;ac3<&sol;strong>&nbsp&semi;file extension&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As a <strong>lossy codec <&sol;strong>AC-3 reduces audio file size […]

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How to Make a playlist on YouTube without an account

<p>If you&&num;8217&semi;re a YouTube channel owner you can easily <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;make-a-youtube-playlist-2&sol;amp&sol;”>create playlists from your videos<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can even<a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;add-multiple-videos-to-a-youtube-playlist&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”> add multiple videos to your playlists <&sol;a>automatically&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;”wp-block-heading”>No Need for an Active YouTube Channel<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Also&comma; to create playlists on YouTube you don&&num;8217&semi;t have to be an active channel owner&period; In other words&comma; you don&&num;8217&semi;t have […]

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How to Add Multiple Videos to a YouTube Playlist Automatically

<p>You would have known the benefit of creating playlists for the videos in your channel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If your channel has only a limited number of videos you can <a href&equals;”https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;freevideoworkshop&period;com&sol;make-a-youtube-playlist-2&sol;amp&sol;” target&equals;”&lowbar;blank” rel&equals;”noreferrer noopener”>manually add a video to a new playlist as you publish it<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What if you&&num;8217&semi;ve already published hundreds of videos&period; Then as an afterthought&comma; you want […]

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How to Make a YouTube Playlist in Quick and Easy Steps

<p>There are many YouTubers with flourishing channels with hundreds of videos&period; These channels have random videos on different subjects&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More often than not&comma; viewers have to browse through the entire selection of videos to find related videos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Most viewers would not take the trouble to do it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The result is lost engagement in the form of additional views&comma; […]

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What is the DivX format? How Do You Play and Convert It?

<p>DivX stands for <strong>Digital Video Express<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is an efficient codec that compresses long videos&comma; especially movies into smaller file sizes without compromising on quality&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The DivX format can reduce MPEG-2 video &lpar;used for DVD video&rpar; to about 10&percnt; of its original size without noticeable quality loss&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the old days&comma; a whole DVD movie can be squeezed […]

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What is the WAV Audio Format? Where is it Used?

<p>WAV is an abbreviation of Waveform Audio&period; It is also referred to as WAVE&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s an audio format developed by Microsoft and IBM in the 1980s and comes with the &period;<strong>wav <&sol;strong>or sometimes<strong> &period;wave<&sol;strong> extension&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is no surprise then to see &period;wav use extensively on Windows&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>All the error sounds your Windows computer makes are stored […]

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What is a MultiMedia Compact Disc (MMCD)? How is it Different from a Standard CD?

<p>A Multimedia Compact Disc is a CD-ROM that has a storage space of 3&period;7GB on a single side&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was a format backed by Sony and Philips&period; It was announced in December 1994 and was referred to as High-Density CD or HDCD&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was later renamed MMCD&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A month later&comma; a similar high-density format was announced&period; It was […]

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