Raw video storage calculator
Estimate uncompressed bytes per second of video.
How to use the Raw video storage calculator
What does the Raw video storage calculator do?
Estimate uncompressed bytes per second of video; It applies this page-specific rule: raw data per second equals width × height × bits per pixel × frames per second, divided by eight.
Which inputs does this calculator use?
To estimate uncompressed bytes per second of video, enter Width, Height, Bits per pixel, Frames per second; keep every value in the same example; select Calculate when the values are ready; Start with a familiar case covered by this rule - The result represents active uncompressed picture data in decimal gigabytes per second - so the expected result can confirm the settings.
How should the calculator result be read?
For a result intended to estimate uncompressed bytes per second of video, the result represents active uncompressed picture data in decimal gigabytes per second; read frames per second together with the original width rather than as an isolated answer, and confirm that its units or structure match the intended use.
What calculation does this use?
When the goal is to estimate uncompressed bytes per second of video, raw data per second equals width × height × bits per pixel × frames per second, divided by eight.
Why might a real result differ?
When using the page to estimate uncompressed bytes per second of video, audio, blanking, headers, chroma subsampling, packing, and storage alignment are excluded.
Limits and accuracy
When using this calculator to estimate uncompressed bytes per second of video, audio, blanking, headers, chroma subsampling, packing, and storage alignment are excluded; the result is an estimate unless every source value is known; codecs, metadata, overhead, and variable bitrates can change an actual file; keep width until the output has been checked in its intended destination. For a repeatable check when you need to estimate uncompressed bytes per second of video, record Width alongside the final output and selected options.
How raw video storage calculator works
Raw data per second equals width × height × bits per pixel × frames per second, divided by eight.
The result represents active uncompressed picture data in decimal gigabytes per second.
Audio, blanking, headers, chroma subsampling, packing, and storage alignment are excluded.
Frequently asked questions
What calculation does this use?
Raw data per second equals width × height × bits per pixel × frames per second, divided by eight.
Why might a real result differ?
Audio, blanking, headers, chroma subsampling, packing, and storage alignment are excluded.
Are these values uploaded?
No. The calculation runs in this browser tab.