HD and SD Media Bandwidth Specifications
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| HD and SD Media Bandwidth Specifications | ||
| Data rate for high definition (HD) and standard definition (SD) media types. |
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Last Updated : April 21, 2015 Products Affected : ISIS, Media_Composer
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| How much storage bandwidth is required to playback my HD and SD material? |
Data rate required per stream of media for the specified compression type (in MB/s)
For Calculation Purposes:
- 1 Byte (B) = 8 bits (b)
- 1 MegaByte per second (MB/s) = 8 Megabits per second (Mb/s)
- Local Storage Bandwidth Specifications
- Avid ISIS 4.7 Documentation
- DNxHR Codec Bandwidth Specifications
| Bandwidth Requirements Per Stream (in MB/s) | ||
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| Compression Type | MB/s | Comments |
| HD Uncompressed | ||
| 3D stereo Uncompressed HD 10 bit 1080i 59.94, 720p 59.94 | 300.0 | 2 full streams capture/play |
| 3D stereo Uncompressed HD 8 bit 1080i 59.94, 720p 59.94 | 240.0 | 2 full streams capture/play |
| Unc RGB 444 10 bit (Dual Link) 1080i 59.94, 720p 59.94 | 238.0 | |
| Uncompressed HD 10 bit 1080i 59.94, 720p 59.94 | 150.0 | Packed format to disk |
| Uncompressed HD 8 bit 1080i 59.94, 720p 59.94 | 120.0 | |
| Avid DNxHD Codec | ||
| DNxHD 220, 220x | 27.5 | 1080i 59.94, 720p 59.94 |
| DNxHD 185, 185x | 23.0 | 1080i 50, 1080p 25 |
| DNxHD 175, 175x | 22.0 | 1080p 24, 1080p 23.976 |
| DNxHD 145 | 18.0 | 1080i 59.94, 720p 59.94 |
| DNxHD 120 | 15.0 | 1080i 50, 1080p 25 |
| DNxHD 115 | 14.5 | 1080p 24, 1080p 23.976 |
| DNxHD 90 | 11.0 | 720p 23.976 |
| DNxHD 60 | 7.5 | 720p 23.976 |
| HD 3rd Party Codecs | ||
| AVCI 100 & DVCPro HD | 14.0 | |
| XDCAM HD 50 | 6.0 | |
| SD Uncompressed | ||
| Uncompressed SD 10 bit | 27.0 | |
| Uncompressed SD 8 bit | 21.5 | |
| SD 3rd Party Codecs | ||
| JFIF/AVR 2:1 | 10.0 | |
| MPEG 50/DV50 | 7.0 | |
| JFIF/AVR 3:1 | 6.0 | |
| MPEG 40 | 5.0 | |
| MPEG 30/DV25 411 | 4.0 | |
| JFIF/AVR 10:1 & 2:1S | 3.0 | |
| JFIF/AVR 20:1 & 4:1S | 2.0 | |
| JFIF/AVR 15:1S | 1.0 | |