Bitrate: HDCAM SR SQ

Uncompressed bitrate

  • Megapixels: 2.1 MP (2,073,600 pixels)
  • Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 (HD 16:9)
  • 1 frame of RGB 3x10bit: 7.78MB (2.1 MP x 30 bits)
  • Interlaced: 25 fps x 7.78MB x 50% (interlacing) = 777.6Mbps = 97.2MB/s
  • Progressive: 25 fps x 7.78MB = 1.56Gbps = 194.4MB/s
  • Longer durations: 11.66GB/min = 699.84GB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

  • HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
    1.2 Gbps = 149.54 MB/s = 8.97 GB/min = 538.34 GB/hr
  • HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
    576 Mbps = 72 MB/s = 4.32 GB/min = 259.2 GB/hr
  • Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
    518.4 Mbps = 64.8 MB/s = 3.89 GB/min = 233.28 GB/hr
  • Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
    345.6 Mbps = 43.2 MB/s = 2.59 GB/min = 155.52 GB/hr
  • Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
    232.12 Mbps = 29.01 MB/s = 1.74 GB/min = 104.45 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
    207.36 Mbps = 25.92 MB/s = 1.56 GB/min = 93.31 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
    204.63 Mbps = 25.58 MB/s = 1.53 GB/min = 92.08 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
    180.84 Mbps = 22.6 MB/s = 1.36 GB/min = 81.38 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
    172.8 Mbps = 21.6 MB/s = 1.3 GB/min = 77.76 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
    155.52 Mbps = 19.44 MB/s = 1.17 GB/min = 69.98 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
    101.65 Mbps = 12.71 MB/s = 762.35 MB/min = 45.74 GB/hr
  • MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
    100.34 Mbps = 12.54 MB/s = 752.52 MB/min = 45.15 GB/hr
  • DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
    73.71 Mbps = 9.21 MB/s = 552.8 MB/min = 33.17 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
    62.71 Mbps = 7.84 MB/s = 470.32 MB/min = 28.22 GB/hr
  • BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
    47.71 Mbps = 5.96 MB/s = 357.79 MB/min = 21.47 GB/hr

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