Video bitrate calculator

Resolution

Color depth RAW 8bit RAW 10bit RAW 12bit RAW 16bit RGB 3x8bit RGB 3x10bit RGB 3x12bit

Frame rate 20fps (low end video) 23.976fps (TV/NTSC) 24fps (cinema) 25fps (TV/PAL) 29.97fps (TV/NTSC) 48fps (cinema HFR) 50fps (TV/PAL) 59.94fps (TV/PAL) 60fps (cinema HFR)

Estimate video bitrate!

Uncompressed bitrate

• Megapixels: 8.3 MP (8,294,400 pixels)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1 (HD 16:9)
• 1 frame of RGB 3x8bit: 24.88MB (8.3 MP x 24 bits)
• Interlaced: 25 fps x 24.88MB x 50% (interlacing) = 2.49Gbps = 311.04MB/s
• Progressive: 25 fps x 24.88MB = 4.98Gbps = 622.08MB/s
• Longer durations: 37.32GB/min = 2.24TB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

• HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
  3.83 Gbps = 478.52 MB/s = 28.71 GB/min = 1.72 TB/hr
• HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
  1.84 Gbps = 230.4 MB/s = 13.82 GB/min = 829.44 GB/hr
• Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
  1.66 Gbps = 207.36 MB/s = 12.44 GB/min = 746.5 GB/hr
• Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
  1.11 Gbps = 138.24 MB/s = 8.29 GB/min = 497.66 GB/hr
• Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
  742.78 Mbps = 92.85 MB/s = 5.57 GB/min = 334.25 GB/hr
• REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
  663.55 Mbps = 82.94 MB/s = 4.98 GB/min = 298.6 GB/hr
• JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
  654.82 Mbps = 81.85 MB/s = 4.91 GB/min = 294.67 GB/hr
• DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
  578.68 Mbps = 72.33 MB/s = 4.34 GB/min = 260.41 GB/hr
• REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
  552.96 Mbps = 69.12 MB/s = 4.15 GB/min = 248.83 GB/hr
• REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
  497.66 Mbps = 62.21 MB/s = 3.73 GB/min = 223.95 GB/hr
• JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
  325.27 Mbps = 40.66 MB/s = 2.44 GB/min = 146.37 GB/hr
• MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
  321.07 Mbps = 40.13 MB/s = 2.41 GB/min = 144.48 GB/hr
• DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
  235.86 Mbps = 29.48 MB/s = 1.77 GB/min = 106.14 GB/hr
• DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
  200.67 Mbps = 25.08 MB/s = 1.51 GB/min = 90.3 GB/hr
• BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
  152.66 Mbps = 19.08 MB/s = 1.14 GB/min = 68.7 GB/hr

Examples

• Full HD (1920 x 1080)
• 2k cinema (2048 x 1080)
• 4K TV (3840 x 2160)
• 4K cinema (4096 x 2160)