Video bitrate: ProRes 4444 1080p24

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

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