Video bitrate: HDCAM SR SQ

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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: 1.6 MP (1,555,200 pixels)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1 (TV 4:3)
• 1 frame of RGB 3x10bit: 5.83MB (1.6 MP x 30 bits)
• Interlaced: 25 fps x 5.83MB x 50% (interlacing) = 583.2Mbps = 72.9MB/s
• Progressive: 25 fps x 5.83MB = 1.17Gbps = 145.8MB/s
• Longer durations: 8.75GB/min = 524.88GB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

• HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
  897.23Mbps = 112.15MB/s = 6.73GB/min = 403.75GB/hr
• HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
  432Mbps = 54MB/s = 3.24GB/min = 194.4GB/hr
• Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
  388.8Mbps = 48.6MB/s = 2.92GB/min = 174.96GB/hr
• Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
  259.2Mbps = 32.4MB/s = 1.94GB/min = 116.64GB/hr
• Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
  174.09Mbps = 21.76MB/s = 1.31GB/min = 78.34GB/hr
• REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
  155.52Mbps = 19.44MB/s = 1.17GB/min = 69.98GB/hr
• JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
  153.47Mbps = 19.18MB/s = 1.15GB/min = 69.06GB/hr
• DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
  135.63Mbps = 16.95MB/s = 1.02GB/min = 61.03GB/hr
• REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
  129.6Mbps = 16.2MB/s = 972MB/min = 58.32GB/hr
• REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
  116.64Mbps = 14.58MB/s = 874.8MB/min = 52.49GB/hr
• JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
  76.24Mbps = 9.53MB/s = 571.76MB/min = 34.31GB/hr
• MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
  75.25Mbps = 9.41MB/s = 564.39MB/min = 33.86GB/hr
• DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
  55.28Mbps = 6.91MB/s = 414.6MB/min = 24.88GB/hr
• DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
  47.03Mbps = 5.88MB/s = 352.74MB/min = 21.16GB/hr
• BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
  35.78Mbps = 4.47MB/s = 268.34MB/min = 16.1GB/hr

Examples

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