Video bitrate calculator

Uncompressed bitrate

  • Megapixels: 2.2 MP (2,211,840 pixels)
  • Aspect ratio: 1.90:1 (DCI/Digital cinema)
  • 1 frame of RGB 3x8bit: 6.64MB (2.2 MP x 24 bits)
  • Interlaced: 24 fps x 6.64MB x 50% (interlacing) = 637.01Mbps = 79.63MB/s
  • Progressive: 24 fps x 6.64MB = 1.27Gbps = 159.25MB/s
  • Longer durations: 9.56GB/min = 573.31GB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

  • HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
    980.02 Mbps = 122.5 MB/s = 7.35 GB/min = 441.01 GB/hr
  • HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
    471.86 Mbps = 58.98 MB/s = 3.54 GB/min = 212.34 GB/hr
  • Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
    424.67 Mbps = 53.08 MB/s = 3.19 GB/min = 191.1 GB/hr
  • Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
    283.12 Mbps = 35.39 MB/s = 2.12 GB/min = 127.4 GB/hr
  • Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
    190.15 Mbps = 23.77 MB/s = 1.43 GB/min = 85.57 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
    169.87 Mbps = 21.23 MB/s = 1.27 GB/min = 76.44 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
    167.63 Mbps = 20.95 MB/s = 1.26 GB/min = 75.44 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
    148.14 Mbps = 18.52 MB/s = 1.11 GB/min = 66.66 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
    141.56 Mbps = 17.69 MB/s = 1.06 GB/min = 63.7 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
    127.4 Mbps = 15.93 MB/s = 955.51 MB/min = 57.33 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
    83.27 Mbps = 10.41 MB/s = 624.52 MB/min = 37.47 GB/hr
  • MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
    82.19 Mbps = 10.27 MB/s = 616.46 MB/min = 36.99 GB/hr
  • DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
    60.38 Mbps = 7.55 MB/s = 452.85 MB/min = 27.17 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
    51.37 Mbps = 6.42 MB/s = 385.29 MB/min = 23.12 GB/hr
  • BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
    39.08 Mbps = 4.89 MB/s = 293.1 MB/min = 17.59 GB/hr

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