Video bitrate calculator

Uncompressed bitrate

  • Megapixels: 8.8 MP (8,847,360 pixels)
  • Aspect ratio: 1.90:1 (DCI/Digital cinema)
  • 1 frame of RGB 3x8bit: 26.54MB (8.8 MP x 24 bits)
  • Interlaced: 24 fps x 26.54MB x 50% (interlacing) = 2.55Gbps = 318.5MB/s
  • Progressive: 24 fps x 26.54MB = 5.1Gbps = 637.01MB/s
  • Longer durations: 38.22GB/min = 2.29TB/hr

Estimated compressed bitrates

  • HDCAM SR HQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 880 Mbps) (compression: 1.3:1 or 76.9%):
    3.92 Gbps = 490.01 MB/s = 29.4 GB/min = 1.76 TB/hr
  • HDCAM SR SQ (1080p25 @ 10bit = 440 Mbps) (compression: 2.7:1 or 37%):
    1.89 Gbps = 235.93 MB/s = 14.16 GB/min = 849.35 GB/hr
  • Pure YCbCr 4:2:2 (compression: 3:1 or 33.3%):
    1.7 Gbps = 212.34 MB/s = 12.74 GB/min = 764.41 GB/hr
  • Prores444 (1080p25 = 275 Mbps) (compression: 4.5:1 or 22.2%):
    1.13 Gbps = 141.56 MB/s = 8.49 GB/min = 509.61 GB/hr
  • Prores422 (1080p25 = 184 Mbps) (compression: 6.7:1 or 14.9%):
    760.61 Mbps = 95.08 MB/s = 5.7 GB/min = 342.27 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 42 Codec (compression: 7.5:1 or 13.3%):
    679.48 Mbps = 84.93 MB/s = 5.1 GB/min = 305.76 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp24 (compression: 7.6:1 or 13.2%):
    670.54 Mbps = 83.82 MB/s = 5.03 GB/min = 301.74 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO HD 4:2:2 Y′CbCr (1080i50 = 115 Mbps) (compression: 8.6:1 or 11.6%):
    592.57 Mbps = 74.07 MB/s = 4.44 GB/min = 266.66 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 36 Codec (compression: 9:1 or 11.1%):
    566.23 Mbps = 70.78 MB/s = 4.25 GB/min = 254.8 GB/hr
  • REDCODE 28 Codec (compression: 10:1 or 10%):
    509.61 Mbps = 63.7 MB/s = 3.82 GB/min = 229.32 GB/hr
  • JPEG2000 250Mbps for 2Kp48 (compression: 15.3:1 or 6.5%):
    333.08 Mbps = 41.63 MB/s = 2.5 GB/min = 149.88 GB/hr
  • MPEG2 High (1080p25 = 80 Mbps) (compression: 15.5:1 or 6.5%):
    328.78 Mbps = 41.1 MB/s = 2.47 GB/min = 147.95 GB/hr
  • DVD MPEG2 (480p25 = 9.8 Mbps) (compression: 21.1:1 or 4.7%):
    241.52 Mbps = 30.19 MB/s = 1.81 GB/min = 108.68 GB/hr
  • DVCPRO50 (1080p25 = 50 Mbps) (compression: 24.8:1 or 4%):
    205.49 Mbps = 25.69 MB/s = 1.54 GB/min = 92.47 GB/hr
  • BluRay H.264 (1080p25 = 38 Mbps) (compression: 32.6:1 or 3.1%):
    156.32 Mbps = 19.54 MB/s = 1.17 GB/min = 70.34 GB/hr

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