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DNxHR Codec Bandwidth Specifications
DNxHR codec data rate for various frame rates.

Last Updated : April 13, 2015
Products Affected : ISIS, Media_Composer

How much storage bandwidth is required to playback DNxHR encoded material?


Data rate required per stream of DNxHR for the specified frame rate
(in MB/sec)

 
ResolutionCodecSamples per lineActive lines
per raster
Compressed
bytes
per frame
Data rate in MB/s for specified frame rate (exact value)
23.9762529.975059.94
HDDNxHR 44419201080182272041.6843.4652.1086.91104.19
DNxHR HQX1920108090931220.7921.6825.9943.3651.98
DNxHR HQ1920108090931220.7921.6825.9943.3651.98
DNxHR SQ1920108060211213.7714.3617.2128.7134.42
DNxHR LB192010801884164.314.495.398.9810.77
2KDNxHR 44420481080194150444.3946.2955.4992.58110.98
DNxHR HQX2048108097075222.2023.1427.7546.2955.49
DNxHR HQ2048108097075222.2023.1427.7546.2955.49
DNxHR SQ2048108064307214.7015.3318.3830.6636.76
DNxHR LB204810802007044.594.795.749.5711.47
UHDDNxHR 444384021607286784166.61173.73208.27347.46416.54
DNxHR HQX38402160364134483.2686.82104.08173.63208.15
DNxHR HQ38402160364134483.2686.82104.08173.63208.15
DNxHR SQ38402160240844855.0757.4268.84114.84137.67
DNxHR LB3840216074956817.1417.8721.4235.7442.85
4KDNxHR 444409621607770112177.67185.25222.08370.51444.16
DNxHR HQX40962160388710488.8892.68111.10185.35222.20
DNxHR HQ40962160388710488.8892.68111.10185.35222.20
DNxHR SQ40962160256819258.7261.2373.40122.46146.81
DNxHR LB4096216079872018.2619.0422.8338.0945.66
 
Dual 1 GB ISIS connection required
10 GB ISIS connection required
 
DNxHR Key
Short Name Long NameBit DepthChroma Sub-SamplingCompression Ratio
DNxHR 444DNxHR 4:4:410RGB / 4:4:44.5:1
DNxHR HQXDNxHR High Quality (10 bit)104:2:25.5:1
DNxHR HQDNxHR High Quality (8 bit)84:2:24.5:1
DNxHR SQDNxHR Standard Quality84:2:27:1
DNxHR LBDNxHR Low Bandwidth84:2:222:1

For more ISIS-specific DNxHR storage information see ISIS Bandwith for DNxHR Material
For how this information relates to local storage devices see Local Storage Bandwidth Specifications

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