Video bitrate: ProRes 422 LT 1080p25

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: 25 fps x 6.22MB x 50% (interlacing) = 622.08Mbps = 77.76MB/s
  • Progressive: 25 fps x 6.22MB = 1.24Gbps = 155.52MB/s
  • Longer durations: 9.33GB/min = 559.87GB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

  • HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
    957.05Mbps = 119.63MB/s = 7.18GB/min = 430.67GB/hr
  • HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
    460.8Mbps = 57.6MB/s = 3.46GB/min = 207.36GB/hr
  • Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
    414.72Mbps = 51.84MB/s = 3.11GB/min = 186.62GB/hr
  • Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
    276.48Mbps = 34.56MB/s = 2.07GB/min = 124.42GB/hr
  • Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
    185.7Mbps = 23.21MB/s = 1.39GB/min = 83.56GB/hr
  • REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
    165.89Mbps = 20.74MB/s = 1.24GB/min = 74.65GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
    163.71Mbps = 20.46MB/s = 1.23GB/min = 73.67GB/hr
  • DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
    144.67Mbps = 18.08MB/s = 1.09GB/min = 65.1GB/hr
  • REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
    138.24Mbps = 17.28MB/s = 1.04GB/min = 62.21GB/hr
  • REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
    124.42Mbps = 15.55MB/s = 933.12MB/min = 55.99GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
    81.32Mbps = 10.16MB/s = 609.88MB/min = 36.59GB/hr
  • MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
    80.27Mbps = 10.03MB/s = 602.01MB/min = 36.12GB/hr
  • DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
    58.96Mbps = 7.37MB/s = 442.24MB/min = 26.53GB/hr
  • DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
    50.17Mbps = 6.27MB/s = 376.26MB/min = 22.58GB/hr
  • BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
    38.16Mbps = 4.77MB/s = 286.23MB/min = 17.17GB/hr

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