Calculating Hard Disk Space Requirements
You can use the table below to estimate how much disk space you need for your project.
Video data
transfer rates
30 sec.
1 min.
5 min.
10 min.
30 min.
60 min.
500 KB/sec.
OfflineRT
(using Photo JPEG)
15 MB
30 MB
150 MB
300 MB
900 MB
1.8 GB
1 MB/sec.
Offline-quality M-JPEG
30 MB
60 MB
300 MB
600 MB
1.8 GB
3.6 GB
3.6 MB/sec.
DV-format video
HDV (1080i)
108 MB
216 MB
1.08 GB
2.16 GB
6.5 GB
13 GB
6 MB/sec.
Medium-quality M-JPEG
180 MB
360 MB
1.8 GB
3.6 GB
10.8 GB
21.6 GB
11.75 MB/sec.
DVCPRO HD 1080i
352.5 MB
705 MB
3.4 GB
6.9 GB
20.7 GB
41.3 GB
12 MB/sec.
High-quality 2:1 M-JPEG
360 MB
720 MB
3.6 GB
7.2 GB
21.6 GB
43.2 GB
24 MB/sec.
Uncompressed SD video
720 MB
1.4 GB
7.2 GB
14.4 GB
43.2 GB
86.4 GB
121.5 MB/sec.
8-bit uncompressed
1080 29.97i HD video
3.6 GB
7.3 GB
36.5 GB
72.9 GB
218.7 GB
434.4 GB
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