MiniDV
AKA
DV, S-size DV
Era
1995–2010s
Analog/digital
digital
Format
Cassette
Developed by
Sony
(Max) Capacity
Up to 2 hours
Size
6.5 × 4.8 × 1.2 cm
Fun facts
- This was the most popular format to use the DV codec
- This format and all other DV formats support NTSC analog Closed Captioning
- DV tapes came in four sizes: small, medium, large, and extra-large; MiniDV was a size small
- Most video formats, regardless of whether they are from an analog or digital videotape, are captured as 10-bit uncompressed files. But, DV files are 8-bit compressed files, like a DVD
- This was the first tape format to use the DV codec, a format that stores lossy compressed video
