Video bitrate calculator

Uncompressed bitrate

  • Megapixels: 2.1 MP (2,073,600 pixels)
  • Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 (HD 16:9)
  • 1 frame of RAW 12bit: 3.11MB (2.1 MP x 12 bits)
  • Interlaced: 29.97 fps x 3.11MB x 50% (interlacing) = 372.87Mbps = 46.61MB/s
  • Progressive: 29.97 fps x 3.11MB = 745.75Mbps = 93.22MB/s
  • Longer durations: 5.59GB/min = 335.59GB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

  • HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
    573.65 Mbps = 71.71 MB/s = 4.3 GB/min = 258.14 GB/hr
  • HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
    276.2 Mbps = 34.53 MB/s = 2.07 GB/min = 124.29 GB/hr
  • Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
    248.58 Mbps = 31.07 MB/s = 1.86 GB/min = 111.86 GB/hr
  • Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
    165.72 Mbps = 20.72 MB/s = 1.24 GB/min = 74.57 GB/hr
  • Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
    111.31 Mbps = 13.91 MB/s = 834.79 MB/min = 50.09 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
    99.43 Mbps = 12.43 MB/s = 745.75 MB/min = 44.74 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
    98.12 Mbps = 12.27 MB/s = 735.94 MB/min = 44.16 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
    86.72 Mbps = 10.84 MB/s = 650.36 MB/min = 39.02 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
    82.86 Mbps = 10.36 MB/s = 621.46 MB/min = 37.29 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
    74.57 Mbps = 9.32 MB/s = 559.31 MB/min = 33.56 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
    48.74 Mbps = 6.09 MB/s = 365.56 MB/min = 21.93 GB/hr
  • MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
    48.11 Mbps = 6.01 MB/s = 360.85 MB/min = 21.65 GB/hr
  • DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
    35.34 Mbps = 4.42 MB/s = 265.08 MB/min = 15.9 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
    30.07 Mbps = 3.76 MB/s = 225.53 MB/min = 13.53 GB/hr
  • BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
    22.88 Mbps = 2.86 MB/s = 171.57 MB/min = 10.29 GB/hr

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