Bitrate: DVD

Uncompressed bitrate

  • Megapixels: 2.1 MP (2,073,600 pixels)
  • Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 (HD 16:9)
  • 1 frame of RGB 3x8bit: 6.22MB (2.1 MP x 24 bits)
  • Interlaced: 25 fps x 6.22MB x 50% (interlacing) = 622.08Mbps = 77.76MB/s
  • Progressive: 25 fps x 6.22MB = 1.24Gbps = 155.52MB/s
  • Longer durations: 9.33GB/min = 559.87GB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

  • HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
    957.05 Mbps = 119.63 MB/s = 7.18 GB/min = 430.67 GB/hr
  • HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
    460.8 Mbps = 57.6 MB/s = 3.46 GB/min = 207.36 GB/hr
  • Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
    414.72 Mbps = 51.84 MB/s = 3.11 GB/min = 186.62 GB/hr
  • Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
    276.48 Mbps = 34.56 MB/s = 2.07 GB/min = 124.42 GB/hr
  • Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
    185.7 Mbps = 23.21 MB/s = 1.39 GB/min = 83.56 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
    165.89 Mbps = 20.74 MB/s = 1.24 GB/min = 74.65 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
    163.71 Mbps = 20.46 MB/s = 1.23 GB/min = 73.67 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
    144.67 Mbps = 18.08 MB/s = 1.09 GB/min = 65.1 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
    138.24 Mbps = 17.28 MB/s = 1.04 GB/min = 62.21 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
    124.42 Mbps = 15.55 MB/s = 933.12 MB/min = 55.99 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
    81.32 Mbps = 10.16 MB/s = 609.88 MB/min = 36.59 GB/hr
  • MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
    80.27 Mbps = 10.03 MB/s = 602.01 MB/min = 36.12 GB/hr
  • DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
    58.96 Mbps = 7.37 MB/s = 442.24 MB/min = 26.53 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
    50.17 Mbps = 6.27 MB/s = 376.26 MB/min = 22.58 GB/hr
  • BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
    38.16 Mbps = 4.77 MB/s = 286.23 MB/min = 17.17 GB/hr

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