Video bitrate calculator

Resolution

Color depth RAW 8bit RAW 10bit RAW 12bit RAW 16bit RGB 3x8bit RGB 3x10bit RGB 3x12bit

Frame rate 20fps (low end video) 23.976fps (TV/NTSC) 24fps (cinema) 25fps (TV/PAL) 29.97fps (TV/NTSC) 48fps (cinema HFR) 50fps (TV/PAL) 59.94fps (TV/PAL) 60fps (cinema HFR)

Estimate video bitrate!

Uncompressed bitrate

• Megapixels: 2.1 MP (2,073,600 pixels)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 (HD 16:9)
• 1 frame of RGB 3x8bit: 6.22MB (2.1 MP x 24 bits)
• Interlaced: 24 fps x 6.22MB x 50% (interlacing) = 597.2Mbps = 74.65MB/s
• Progressive: 24 fps x 6.22MB = 1.19Gbps = 149.3MB/s
• Longer durations: 8.96GB/min = 537.48GB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

• HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
  918.76 Mbps = 114.85 MB/s = 6.89 GB/min = 413.44 GB/hr
• HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
  442.37 Mbps = 55.3 MB/s = 3.32 GB/min = 199.07 GB/hr
• Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
  398.13 Mbps = 49.77 MB/s = 2.99 GB/min = 179.16 GB/hr
• Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
  265.42 Mbps = 33.18 MB/s = 1.99 GB/min = 119.44 GB/hr
• Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
  178.27 Mbps = 22.28 MB/s = 1.34 GB/min = 80.22 GB/hr
• REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
  159.25 Mbps = 19.91 MB/s = 1.19 GB/min = 71.66 GB/hr
• JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
  157.16 Mbps = 19.64 MB/s = 1.18 GB/min = 70.72 GB/hr
• DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
  138.88 Mbps = 17.36 MB/s = 1.04 GB/min = 62.5 GB/hr
• REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
  132.71 Mbps = 16.59 MB/s = 995.33 MB/min = 59.72 GB/hr
• REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
  119.44 Mbps = 14.93 MB/s = 895.8 MB/min = 53.75 GB/hr
• JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
  78.06 Mbps = 9.76 MB/s = 585.49 MB/min = 35.13 GB/hr
• MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
  77.06 Mbps = 9.63 MB/s = 577.93 MB/min = 34.68 GB/hr
• DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
  56.61 Mbps = 7.08 MB/s = 424.55 MB/min = 25.47 GB/hr
• DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
  48.16 Mbps = 6.02 MB/s = 361.21 MB/min = 21.67 GB/hr
• BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
  36.64 Mbps = 4.58 MB/s = 274.78 MB/min = 16.49 GB/hr

Examples

• Full HD (1920 x 1080)
• 2k cinema (2048 x 1080)
• 4K TV (3840 x 2160)
• 4K cinema (4096 x 2160)