Video bitrate calculator

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: 24 fps x 7.78MB x 50% (interlacing) = 746.5Mbps = 93.31MB/s
  • Progressive: 24 fps x 7.78MB = 1.49Gbps = 186.62MB/s
  • Longer durations: 11.2GB/min = 671.85GB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

  • HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
    1.15 Gbps = 143.56 MB/s = 8.61 GB/min = 516.8 GB/hr
  • HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
    552.96 Mbps = 69.12 MB/s = 4.15 GB/min = 248.83 GB/hr
  • Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
    497.66 Mbps = 62.21 MB/s = 3.73 GB/min = 223.95 GB/hr
  • Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
    331.78 Mbps = 41.47 MB/s = 2.49 GB/min = 149.3 GB/hr
  • Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
    222.83 Mbps = 27.85 MB/s = 1.67 GB/min = 100.28 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
    199.07 Mbps = 24.88 MB/s = 1.49 GB/min = 89.58 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
    196.45 Mbps = 24.56 MB/s = 1.47 GB/min = 88.4 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
    173.6 Mbps = 21.7 MB/s = 1.3 GB/min = 78.12 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
    165.89 Mbps = 20.74 MB/s = 1.24 GB/min = 74.65 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
    149.3 Mbps = 18.66 MB/s = 1.12 GB/min = 67.18 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
    97.58 Mbps = 12.2 MB/s = 731.86 MB/min = 43.91 GB/hr
  • MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
    96.32 Mbps = 12.04 MB/s = 722.42 MB/min = 43.34 GB/hr
  • DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
    70.76 Mbps = 8.84 MB/s = 530.68 MB/min = 31.84 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
    60.2 Mbps = 7.53 MB/s = 451.51 MB/min = 27.09 GB/hr
  • BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
    45.8 Mbps = 5.72 MB/s = 343.48 MB/min = 20.61 GB/hr

Examples