Video Floppy

<p>Video Floppy , also known as VF disc and introduced under the "Mavipak" name, is an <a href="/facts/Analog_recording/1Ggd37l0">analog recording</a> storage format for <a href="/facts/Still_video_camera/08KRHMtS">still video cameras</a>. It consists of a 2-inch magnetic <a href="/facts/Floppy_disk/rShxfuxa">floppy disk</a> used to store still frames of <a href="/facts/Composite_video/FIsE6mBz">composite</a> <a href="/facts/Analog_video/F1AV8ben">analog video</a>.
</p><p>A video floppy could store up to 25 frames either in the <a href="/facts/NTSC/HYWIvxCR">NTSC</a> or <a href="/facts/PAL/t8TugcxK">PAL</a> video standards, with each frame containing 2 <a href="/facts/Field_(video)/kKLH8Hp9">fields</a> of <a href="/facts/Interlaced_video/YBk246TF">interlaced video</a>.  The video floppy also could store 50 frames of video, with each frame of video only containing one field of video information, recorded or played back in a "<a href="/facts/Skip-field/1vVNNN8M">skip-field</a>" fashion.
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Video Floppy