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: 24 fps x 9.33MB x 50% (interlacing) = 895.8Mbps = 111.97MB/s
  • Progressive: 24 fps x 9.33MB = 1.79Gbps = 223.95MB/s
  • Longer durations: 13.44GB/min = 806.22GB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

  • HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
    1.38 Gbps = 172.27 MB/s = 10.34 GB/min = 620.17 GB/hr
  • HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
    663.55 Mbps = 82.94 MB/s = 4.98 GB/min = 298.6 GB/hr
  • Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
    597.2 Mbps = 74.65 MB/s = 4.48 GB/min = 268.74 GB/hr
  • Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
    398.13 Mbps = 49.77 MB/s = 2.99 GB/min = 179.16 GB/hr
  • Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
    267.4 Mbps = 33.43 MB/s = 2.01 GB/min = 120.33 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
    238.88 Mbps = 29.86 MB/s = 1.79 GB/min = 107.5 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
    235.74 Mbps = 29.47 MB/s = 1.77 GB/min = 106.08 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
    208.32 Mbps = 26.04 MB/s = 1.56 GB/min = 93.75 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
    199.07 Mbps = 24.88 MB/s = 1.49 GB/min = 89.58 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
    179.16 Mbps = 22.39 MB/s = 1.34 GB/min = 80.62 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
    117.1 Mbps = 14.64 MB/s = 878.23 MB/min = 52.69 GB/hr
  • MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
    115.59 Mbps = 14.45 MB/s = 866.9 MB/min = 52.01 GB/hr
  • DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
    84.91 Mbps = 10.61 MB/s = 636.82 MB/min = 38.21 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
    72.24 Mbps = 9.03 MB/s = 541.81 MB/min = 32.51 GB/hr
  • BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
    54.96 Mbps = 6.87 MB/s = 412.18 MB/min = 24.73 GB/hr

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