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SVGZ at a glance
SVGZ
SVG was developed by the W3C SVG Working Group starting in 1998, after six competing vector graphics submissions. SVG 1.0 became a W3C Recommendation on 4 September 2001, with SVGZ as the compressed variant.
MQV at a glance
MQV
The .mqv extension appeared on some Sony camcorders and recording devices around the mid-2000s as an internal variant of the QuickTime/MOV container carrying Sony-proprietary metadata tracks and stream wrappers.
Format comparison
| Feature | SVGZ | MQV |
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| File type | Vector | Video |
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| Created year | 2001 | 2007 |
| Inventor | World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) | Sony |
| Status | active | legacy |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
| Animation | Not supported | Not supported |
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| Layer support | Not supported | Not supported |
When to use each format
When to use SVGZ
- Your source file is already in SVGZ.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to MQV.
- SVGZ is commonly used in vector workflows.
When to use MQV
- Your target workflow expects MQV.
- Improve delivery compatibility with MQV.
- MQV is commonly used in video workflows.
FAQs
Why convert SVGZ to MQV?
Convert to or from MQV when migrating recordings off older Sony consumer devices, preserving original camera exports, or normalizing a proprietary Sony library into MP4, MOV, or another easier editing format.
It is primarily a legacy-ingest and archive-recovery format.
What changes when converting SVGZ to MQV?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
What should I review after converting SVGZ to MQV?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.