Video bitrate: DCP 2K Half

Uncompressed bitrate

  • Megapixels: 2.2 MP (2,211,840 pixels)
  • Aspect ratio: 1.90:1 (DCI/Digital cinema)
  • 1 frame of RGB 3x8bit: 6.64MB (2.2 MP x 24 bits)
  • Interlaced: 24 fps x 6.64MB x 50% (interlacing) = 637.01Mbps = 79.63MB/s
  • Progressive: 24 fps x 6.64MB = 1.27Gbps = 159.25MB/s
  • Longer durations: 9.56GB/min = 573.31GB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

  • HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
    980.02Mbps = 122.5MB/s = 7.35GB/min = 441.01GB/hr
  • HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
    471.86Mbps = 58.98MB/s = 3.54GB/min = 212.34GB/hr
  • Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
    424.67Mbps = 53.08MB/s = 3.19GB/min = 191.1GB/hr
  • Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
    283.12Mbps = 35.39MB/s = 2.12GB/min = 127.4GB/hr
  • Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
    190.15Mbps = 23.77MB/s = 1.43GB/min = 85.57GB/hr
  • REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
    169.87Mbps = 21.23MB/s = 1.27GB/min = 76.44GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
    167.63Mbps = 20.95MB/s = 1.26GB/min = 75.44GB/hr
  • DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
    148.14Mbps = 18.52MB/s = 1.11GB/min = 66.66GB/hr
  • REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
    141.56Mbps = 17.69MB/s = 1.06GB/min = 63.7GB/hr
  • REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
    127.4Mbps = 15.93MB/s = 955.51MB/min = 57.33GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
    83.27Mbps = 10.41MB/s = 624.52MB/min = 37.47GB/hr
  • MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
    82.19Mbps = 10.27MB/s = 616.46MB/min = 36.99GB/hr
  • DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
    60.38Mbps = 7.55MB/s = 452.85MB/min = 27.17GB/hr
  • DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
    51.37Mbps = 6.42MB/s = 385.29MB/min = 23.12GB/hr
  • BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
    39.08Mbps = 4.89MB/s = 293.1MB/min = 17.59GB/hr

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