Use this cinematography or projection calculation to plan image geometry, exposure, timing, storage, film footage, or presentation from explicitly stated camera and display parameters.

Width Pixels (px)

Required integer input.

Height Pixels (px)

Required integer input.

Frames Per Second (fps)

Required number input.

Bits Per Sample (bit)

Required number input.

Chroma Fraction

Required number input.

Uncompressed decimal MB/s for YCbCr with one luma sample and two chroma channels at a supplied per-channel chroma sample fraction (0.25 for 4:2:0, 0.5 for 4:2:2). The tool evaluates the supplied inputs together and returns the named outputs below; it does not infer omitted operating conditions or change the units shown.^[1]

Megabytes Per Second (MB/s)

The resulting megabytes per second returned as a number.

• Storage and bitrate estimates depend on codec, chroma sampling, bit depth, frame rate, audio, metadata, overhead, variable bitrate, compression settings, and DCP profile. Nominal rates do not predict image quality or exact package size.
• Use finite inputs in the displayed units and preserve more precision than the final presentation requires. Independently verify safety-critical, financial, compliance, or production decisions.

Confirm critical values with the actual camera, lens, codec, projector, and delivery specification, then run a camera or projection test under representative conditions.

• Color Depth Bits Per Pixel

  Nominal uncompressed bits per pixel from equal bit depth per channel times sampled channel count.

• Data Rate Compressed

  Compressed decimal MB/s estimate from uncompressed data rate divided by an assumed compression ratio.

• Data Rate Uncompressed

  Decimal megabytes per second for uncompressed constant-frame-rate raster video; excludes headers and audio.