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 3x12bit: 9.33MB (2.1 MP x 36 bits)
  • Interlaced: 60 fps x 9.33MB x 50% (interlacing) = 2.24Gbps = 279.94MB/s
  • Progressive: 60 fps x 9.33MB = 4.48Gbps = 559.87MB/s
  • Longer durations: 33.59GB/min = 2.02TB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

  • HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
    3.45 Gbps = 430.67 MB/s = 25.84 GB/min = 1.55 TB/hr
  • HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
    1.66 Gbps = 207.36 MB/s = 12.44 GB/min = 746.5 GB/hr
  • Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
    1.49 Gbps = 186.62 MB/s = 11.2 GB/min = 671.85 GB/hr
  • Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
    995.33 Mbps = 124.42 MB/s = 7.46 GB/min = 447.9 GB/hr
  • Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
    668.5 Mbps = 83.56 MB/s = 5.01 GB/min = 300.83 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
    597.2 Mbps = 74.65 MB/s = 4.48 GB/min = 268.74 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
    589.34 Mbps = 73.67 MB/s = 4.42 GB/min = 265.2 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
    520.81 Mbps = 65.1 MB/s = 3.91 GB/min = 234.37 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
    497.66 Mbps = 62.21 MB/s = 3.73 GB/min = 223.95 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
    447.9 Mbps = 55.99 MB/s = 3.36 GB/min = 201.55 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
    292.74 Mbps = 36.59 MB/s = 2.2 GB/min = 131.73 GB/hr
  • MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
    288.97 Mbps = 36.12 MB/s = 2.17 GB/min = 130.03 GB/hr
  • DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
    212.27 Mbps = 26.53 MB/s = 1.59 GB/min = 95.52 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
    180.6 Mbps = 22.58 MB/s = 1.35 GB/min = 81.27 GB/hr
  • BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
    137.39 Mbps = 17.17 MB/s = 1.03 GB/min = 61.83 GB/hr

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