Estimation Chart for Data File Sizes

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Estimates for File Sizes

	8mm Film Transfer File Sizes in GigaBytes (GB)
Film Feet	Content Hours	H.264 MP4	HD H.264 MP4	H.264 MOV	HD H.264 MOV	Apple ProRes 422	HD Apple ProRes 422

400	0.5	1	3	3	5	13	25
800	1.0	2	5	5	10	25	50
1,200	1.5	3	8	8	15	38	75
1,600	2.0	4	10	10	20	50	100
2,000	2.5	5	13	13	25	63	125
2,400	3.0	6	15	15	30	75	150
2,800	3.5	7	18	18	35	88	175
3,200	4.0	8	20	20	40	100	200
3,600	4.5	9	23	23	45	113	225
4,000	5.0	10	25	25	50	125	250


	16mm Film Transfer File Sizes in GigaBytes (GB)
Film Feet	Content Hours	H.264 MP4	HD H.264 MP4	H.264 QT MOV	HD H.264 QT MOV	Apple ProRes 422	HD Apple ProRes 422
400	0.25	0.5	1	1	3	10	20
800	0.50	1.0	3	3	5	20	40
1,200	0.75	1.5	4	4	8	30	60
1,600	1.00	2.0	5	5	10	40	80
2,000	1.25	2.5	6	6	13	50	100
2,400	1.50	3.0	8	8	15	60	120
2,800	1.75	3.5	9	9	18	70	140
3,200	2.00	4.0	10	10	20	80	160
3,600	2.25	4.5	11	11	23	90	180
4,000	2.50	5.0	13	13	25	100	200
4,400	2.75	5.5	14	14	28	110	220
4,800	3.00	6.0	15	15	30	120	240
5,200	3.25	6.5	16	16	33	130	260
5,600	3.50	7.0	18	18	35	140	280
6,000	3.75	7.5	19	19	38	150	300
6,400	4.00	8.0	20	20	40	160	320


	Video Tape Conversion Chart for Data File Sizes in GigaBytes (GB)
Content Hours	AVI	H.264 MP4	HD H.264 MP4	H.264 QT MOV	HD H.264 QT MOV	Apple ProRes 422	HD Apple ProRes 422
0.25	4	0.5	1	6	11	10	20
0.50	8	1.0	3	7	14	20	40
0.75	12	1.5	4	8	16	30	60
1.00	16	2.0	5	9	19	40	80
1.25	20	2.5	6	11	21	50	100
1.50	24	3.0	8	12	24	60	120
1.75	28	3.5	9	13	26	70	140
2.00	32	4.0	10	14	29	80	160
2.25	36	4.5	11	16	31	90	180
2.50	40	5.0	13	17	34	100	200
2.75	44	5.5	14	18	36	110	220
3.00	48	6.0	15	19	39	120	240
3.25	52	6.5	16	21	41	130	260
3.50	56	7.0	18	22	44	140	280
3.75	60	7.5	19	23	46	150	300
4.00	64	8.0	20	24	49	160	320

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