Video bitrate calculator

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

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