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: 60 fps x 7.78MB x 50% (interlacing) = 1.87Gbps = 233.28MB/s
  • Progressive: 60 fps x 7.78MB = 3.73Gbps = 466.56MB/s
  • Longer durations: 27.99GB/min = 1.68TB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

  • HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
    2.87 Gbps = 358.89 MB/s = 21.53 GB/min = 1.29 TB/hr
  • HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
    1.38 Gbps = 172.8 MB/s = 10.37 GB/min = 622.08 GB/hr
  • Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
    1.24 Gbps = 155.52 MB/s = 9.33 GB/min = 559.87 GB/hr
  • Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
    829.44 Mbps = 103.68 MB/s = 6.22 GB/min = 373.25 GB/hr
  • Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
    557.09 Mbps = 69.64 MB/s = 4.18 GB/min = 250.69 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
    497.66 Mbps = 62.21 MB/s = 3.73 GB/min = 223.95 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
    491.12 Mbps = 61.39 MB/s = 3.68 GB/min = 221 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
    434.01 Mbps = 54.25 MB/s = 3.26 GB/min = 195.3 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
    414.72 Mbps = 51.84 MB/s = 3.11 GB/min = 186.62 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
    373.25 Mbps = 46.66 MB/s = 2.8 GB/min = 167.96 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
    243.95 Mbps = 30.49 MB/s = 1.83 GB/min = 109.78 GB/hr
  • MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
    240.81 Mbps = 30.1 MB/s = 1.81 GB/min = 108.36 GB/hr
  • DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
    176.89 Mbps = 22.11 MB/s = 1.33 GB/min = 79.6 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
    150.5 Mbps = 18.81 MB/s = 1.13 GB/min = 67.73 GB/hr
  • BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
    114.49 Mbps = 14.31 MB/s = 858.7 MB/min = 51.52 GB/hr

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