<s>
MovieShaker	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
editing	O
program	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
made	O
by	O
Sony	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
newest	O
version	O
of	O
MovieShaker	B-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
is	O
3.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
other	O
video	O
editing	O
programs	O
that	O
are	O
available	O
,	O
MovieShaker	B-Application
is	O
strictly	O
low-tech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
MovieShaker	B-Application
is	O
required	O
for	O
capturing	O
video	O
from	O
Sony	O
MicroMV	O
tapes	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
assure	O
proper	O
audio/video	O
synchronization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
this	O
case	O
,	O
the	O
normal	O
procedure	O
would	O
be	O
to	O
use	O
MovieShaker	B-Application
for	O
video	O
capturing	O
and	O
then	O
export	O
the	O
captured	O
video	O
as	O
an	O
MPEG	O
file	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
then	O
be	O
suitable	O
for	O
further	O
editing	O
by	O
other	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
states	O
that	O
MovieShaker	B-Application
requires	O
a	O
pre-installation	O
of	O
Apple	B-Application
QuickTime	I-Application
5.0	O
or	O
higher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
future	O
compatibility	O
with	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
QuickTime	B-Application
cannot	O
be	O
assured	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
that	O
the	O
MovieShaker	B-Application
user	O
may	O
begin	O
to	O
experience	O
audio	O
capture	O
difficulty	O
with	O
an	O
installation	O
of	O
QuickTime	B-Application
7.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
alternative	O
is	O
to	O
use	O
MovieShaker	B-Application
to	O
capture	O
the	O
video	O
from	O
Sony	O
MicroMV	O
tapes	O
and	O
save	O
them	O
to	O
your	O
hard	O
disk	O
as	O
.MMV	O
video	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
MMV	O
files	O
use	O
the	O
MPEG-2	B-Algorithm
format	O
,	O
Apple	O
's	O
MPEG-2	B-Algorithm
Playback	O
Component	O
(	O
commercial	O
)	O
or	O
Quicktime	B-Application
Alternative ]	O
(	O
freeware	O
)	O
must	O
also	O
be	O
installed	O
for	O
MPEG-2	B-Algorithm
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pinnacle	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
(	O
versions	O
8	O
through	O
10	O
)	O
and	O
Canopus	O
ProCoder	B-Algorithm
(	O
rename	O
the	O
MMV	O
extension	O
to	O
TS	O
)	O
can	O
also	O
open	O
MMV	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
convert	O
them	O
into	O
more	O
convenient	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
