SD, HD, 3D to MB, GB and TB

I wanted a detail this for anyone wanting to know how much disk space they require when working with different formats of video. Have to say its a tad confusing given the variety of sources I took the data from so please, before you flame me to pieces please do take a look in the references section to see where I extrapolated the data from. I am only talking about raw files here not the space taken by multiple compressed versions and project/edit files. My other assumptions are listed below.

So, to reiterate I have pinched some details from other websites (wiki, Apple, Black Magic, Microsoft) and am happy to stand/sit corrected if any of the data below is incorrect. The information on 3D came from the talented Mr 3D.

No table here but the following information is straight from the horses mouth so to speak…

“60 minutes of RAW data for dual digital projection amounts to 1.5 Terabyte for the imagery alone, although a DCI-compliant master is smaller in size due to the Jpeg-2000 compression used”.

For more info on 3D Stereoscopic movie making a visit to the3drevolution.com site is a must.

Assumptions

1024 bytes in MB

References

Alexander Lentjes

Ben Waggoner at Microsoft

Apple

Wiki

Black Magic

The View from OM

Foggy! Please do let me have any sources you may have for this information and I will keep this post up to date.

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Published:: 12.01.09 / 9am

Category:: MatrixStore, Technology, storage

Kelly Alford 12.01.09 / 11am

Whereas the transfer rates seem to be accurate, it really doesn’t address file size from a storage perspective. That amount could vary considerably. For example, a 30 minute HD file stored as an MPEG2 plus 4 channels of audio, would easily exceed one TB of storage. .mxf files with unique wrappers could also add to the stored file size.

Matt 12.01.09 / 11am

Thanks for this article! I have been looking for a breakdown like this for quite a while, especially for the HD source rates.

If any of your readers are interested in how to convert their video sources to H.264 for the iPhone/iPod, I’ve put up a tutorial at Mac Guru Lounge.

NPT 12.01.09 / 12pm

Thanks Kelly. I have tried initially to stay away from codecs, wrappers and project files. I will work with one of our clients to put together some information on sample projects. The storage per (shot) hour however is a reflection of disk space required to ingest the raw data.

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