Video bitrate: Sony DVCAM

Uncompressed bitrate

  • Megapixels: 1.6 MP (1,555,200 pixels)
  • Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (TV 4:3)
  • 1 frame of RGB 3x8bit: 4.67MB (1.6 MP x 24 bits)
  • Interlaced: 25 fps x 4.67MB x 50% (interlacing) = 466.56Mbps = 58.32MB/s
  • Progressive: 25 fps x 4.67MB = 933.12Mbps = 116.64MB/s
  • Longer durations: 7GB/min = 419.9GB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

  • HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
    717.78Mbps = 89.72MB/s = 5.38GB/min = 323GB/hr
  • HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
    345.6Mbps = 43.2MB/s = 2.59GB/min = 155.52GB/hr
  • Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
    311.04Mbps = 38.88MB/s = 2.33GB/min = 139.97GB/hr
  • Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
    207.36Mbps = 25.92MB/s = 1.56GB/min = 93.31GB/hr
  • Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
    139.27Mbps = 17.41MB/s = 1.04GB/min = 62.67GB/hr
  • REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
    124.42Mbps = 15.55MB/s = 933.12MB/min = 55.99GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
    122.78Mbps = 15.35MB/s = 920.84MB/min = 55.25GB/hr
  • DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
    108.5Mbps = 13.56MB/s = 813.77MB/min = 48.83GB/hr
  • REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
    103.68Mbps = 12.96MB/s = 777.6MB/min = 46.66GB/hr
  • REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
    93.31Mbps = 11.66MB/s = 699.84MB/min = 41.99GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
    60.99Mbps = 7.62MB/s = 457.41MB/min = 27.44GB/hr
  • MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
    60.2Mbps = 7.53MB/s = 451.51MB/min = 27.09GB/hr
  • DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
    44.22Mbps = 5.53MB/s = 331.68MB/min = 19.9GB/hr
  • DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
    37.63Mbps = 4.7MB/s = 282.19MB/min = 16.93GB/hr
  • BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
    28.62Mbps = 3.58MB/s = 214.67MB/min = 12.88GB/hr

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