Video bitrate calculator

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: 29.97 fps x 6.22MB x 50% (interlacing) = 745.75Mbps = 93.22MB/s
  • Progressive: 29.97 fps x 6.22MB = 1.49Gbps = 186.44MB/s
  • Longer durations: 11.19GB/min = 671.17GB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

  • HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
    1.15 Gbps = 143.41 MB/s = 8.6 GB/min = 516.29 GB/hr
  • HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
    552.41 Mbps = 69.05 MB/s = 4.14 GB/min = 248.58 GB/hr
  • Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
    497.17 Mbps = 62.15 MB/s = 3.73 GB/min = 223.72 GB/hr
  • Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
    331.44 Mbps = 41.43 MB/s = 2.49 GB/min = 149.15 GB/hr
  • Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
    222.61 Mbps = 27.83 MB/s = 1.67 GB/min = 100.18 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
    198.87 Mbps = 24.86 MB/s = 1.49 GB/min = 89.49 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
    196.25 Mbps = 24.53 MB/s = 1.47 GB/min = 88.31 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
    173.43 Mbps = 21.68 MB/s = 1.3 GB/min = 78.04 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
    165.72 Mbps = 20.72 MB/s = 1.24 GB/min = 74.57 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
    149.15 Mbps = 18.64 MB/s = 1.12 GB/min = 67.12 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
    97.48 Mbps = 12.19 MB/s = 731.13 MB/min = 43.87 GB/hr
  • MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
    96.23 Mbps = 12.03 MB/s = 721.69 MB/min = 43.3 GB/hr
  • DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
    70.69 Mbps = 8.84 MB/s = 530.15 MB/min = 31.81 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
    60.14 Mbps = 7.52 MB/s = 451.06 MB/min = 27.06 GB/hr
  • BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
    45.75 Mbps = 5.72 MB/s = 343.14 MB/min = 20.59 GB/hr

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