XDCAM Space Requirements

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Bitrates and space requirements for XDCAM footage can be found in this PDF.


MPEG HD422
(50 Mb/sec)
4:2:2* best for chroma key!
MPEG HD (HQ)
(35 Mb/sec) 4:2:0*
MPEG HD (SP)
(25 Mb/sec) 4:2:0*
DVCAM
(25 Mb/sec) 4:1:1*
1-Minute
500MB
345MB
263MB
270MB
2-Minutes
1GB
690MB
527MB
540MB
10-Minutes
5GB
3.5GB
2.7GB
2.7GB
30-Minutes
16GB
10.5GB
8GB
8GB
1-Hour
32GB
21GB
16GB
16GB
23-GB Disc
43 Minutes
60 Minutes
90 Minutes
85 Minutes
50-GB Disc
95 Minutes
145 Minutes
190 Minutes
185 Minutes


  • Chroma Subsampling Rationale:
    Because of storage and transmission limitations, there is always a desire to reduce (or compress) the signal. Since the human visual system is much more sensitive to variations in brightness than color, a video system can be optimized by devoting more bandwidth to the luma component (usually denoted Y or first digit in the notation), than to the color difference components Cb and Cr. The 4:2:2 Y'CbCr scheme for example requires two-thirds the bandwidth of (4:4:4) R'G'B'. This reduction results in almost no visual difference as perceived by the viewer.


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