2880x2160
1280x720
1344
2112
14
59.94p, 50p,
29.97p,
29.97i,
23.98p
59.94p, 50p,
29.97p,
29.97i, 25p,
25i, 23.98p
59.94p, 50p,
50i, 29.97p,
29.97i, 25p,
25i, 23.98p
1.0
1.33
1.0
1.0
ACQUISITION
INTERMEDIATE
1440x1080
1920x1080
18, 24
C O M P I L E D B Y Z A K R AY
V E R S I O N 1. 5
DISTRIBUTION / DELIVERABLE
AVCHD (AVCCAM)
2880x1620
AVC-INTRA
960x720
1280x720
50
1920x1080
BETACAM SX
720x486 (NTSC)
29.97p,
29.97i, 25p,
25i, 23.98p
720x576 (PAL)
18
100
29.97i
25i
Upper (Odd)
Upper (Odd)
Upper (Odd)
12
10
Raw Bayer
4:2:0
4:2:0
4:2:2
Lower (Even)
Upper (Odd)
ALPHA
COLOR SPACE
RGB
YCbCr
YCbCr
YCbCr
AUDIO CHANNELS
None
4 @ 16 bit
1080
8.1
45
None
MPEG4
MPEG4
MPEG2
Inter-frame
Intra-frame
Inter-frame
Uncompressed
DCT
DCT
DCT
P2 Card (Flash)
1/2 Tape
CINEFORM RAW
DIGITAL BETACAM
DALSA RAW
1280x720
1440x1080
1920x1080
2048x1152
4096x2048
35, 50
25
35, 50
100 - 140
3200
60p, 50p,
29.97i,
29.97p, 25i,
25p, 23.98p
29.97i,
29.97p, 25i,
25p, 23.98p
60p, 50p,
29.97i,
29.97p, 25i,
25p, 23.98p
24p
29.97i
25i
1.0
1.0
Upper (Odd)
Upper (Odd)
None
Lower (Even)
Upper (Odd)
10
16
10
Raw Bayer
Raw Bayer
4:2:2
1.0
22.5
Intra-frame
CANON XF
RESOLUTION
ALGORITHM
MEDIA
6.3
4:2:0, 4:2:2
(50 mbps)
4:2:0
4:2:0, 4:2:2
(50 mbps)
720x486 (NTSC)
720x576 (PAL)
90
ALPHA
COLOR SPACE
AUDIO CHANNELS
FILE SIZE ESTIMATION (GB/hr)
MPEG BASE
COMPRESSION
ALGORITHM
MEDIA
YCbCr
RGB
RGB
YCbCr
2 @ 16 bit
2 @ 16 bit
None
4 @ 16-20 bit
24.6
45 - 63
1440
40.5
MPEG2
None
None
None
Inter-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
DCT
Wavelet
Uncompressed
DCT
Compact Flash
1/2 Tape
DV/DVCPRO (D-7)
RESOLUTION
720x480 (NTSC)
720x576 (PAL)
720x480 (NTSC)
720x576 (PAL)
50
25
DVCPRO HD (D-12)
960x720
1280x1080
1440x1080
100
50
29.97i
25i
29.97i
25i
29.97i
25i
59.94p, 50p,
29.97p, 25p,
23.98p
29.97i,
29.97p,
23.98p
25p, 25i
1.33
1.5
1.33
Upper (Odd)
Lower (Even)
Lower (Even)
Lower (Even)
FIELD ORDER
4:1:1
Upper (Odd)
Upper (Odd)
4:2:0
4:2:2
4:2:2
YCbCr
YCbCr
2 @ 16 bit, 4 @ 12 bit
4 @ 16 bit
8 @ 16 bit
DVCPRO50
DVCAM
720x480 (NTSC)
25
720x576 (PAL)
4:1:1
ALPHA
AUDIO CHANNELS
2 @ 16 bit
4 @ 12 bit
11.2
22.5
45
None
None
None
None
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
DCT
DCT
DCT
DCT
DVCPRO Tape
MPEG BASE
COMPRESSION
ALGORITHM
GFCAM
RESOLUTION
TARGET BIT RATE (Mbps)
FRAME RATE (frames/second)
PIXEL ASPECT RATIO
FIELD ORDER
BIT DEPTH (bits)
CHROMA SAMPLING
2 @ 16 bit
11.2 11.2
MEDIA
YCbCr
YCbCr
COLOR SPACE
1280x720
1920x1080
HDCAM (D-11)
1440x1080
50, 100
144
HDV
HDCAM SR
1280x720
1920x1080
59.94p, 29.97p,
29.97i, 25p, 25i, 24p,
23.98p
1.0
1.33
1.0
Upper (Odd)
Upper (Odd)
Upper (Odd)
1280x720
1440x1080
18
25
1.33
Upper (Odd)
10
4:2:2
3:1:1
4:2:2, 4:4:4
4:2:0
YCbCr
YCbCr
YCbCr, RGB
YCbCr
4 @ 16 bit
4 @ 20 bit
12 @ 24 bit
4 @ 16 bit
64.8
MPEG2
MPEG4
MPEG4
MPEG2
Inter-frame, Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Inter-frame
DCT
DCT
DCT
DCT
GFPAK (Flash)
1/2 Tape
ALPHA
COLOR SPACE
AUDIO CHANNELS
FILE SIZE ESTIMATION (GB/hr)
MPEG BASE
COMPRESSION
ALGORITHM
MEDIA
8.5
11.2
720x486 (NTSC)
960x540
30, 40, 50
24
29.97p
1.0
Upper (Odd)
FIELD ORDER
BIT DEPTH (bits)
CHROMA SAMPLING
720x576 (PAL)
REDCODE RAW
PANAVISION SSR
1920x1080
2048x1024/
1152
3072x1536/
1728
224, 288
Up to 3000
29.97i
25i
24p
1.0
1.0
Upper (Odd)
None
None
Lower (Even)
4096x2048/
2304
1p - 120p
1p - 60p
10
12
4:2:0
4:2:2
4:2:2, 4:4:4
Raw Bayer
1p - 30p
ALPHA
COLOR SPACE
AUDIO CHANNELS
FILE SIZE ESTIMATION (GB/hr)
MPEG BASE
COMPRESSION
ALGORITHM
MEDIA
YCbCr
YCbCr
YCbCr, RGB
RGB
2 @ 16 bit
4 @ 24 bit, 8 @ 16 bit
2 @ 16 bit
4 @ 24 bit
11.3
Up to 1350
MPEG4
None
None
Inter-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
DCT
DCT
Lossless
Wavelet
SDHC
1/2 Tape
XDCAM HD422
XDCAM HD/EX
RESOLUTION
1280x720
1920x1080
1280x720
1920x1080
50
18, 25, 35
1440x1080
ANIMATION
Up to 4K
None
20
Up to 60p
Up to 60p
1.0
Undefined
Undefined
Upper (Odd)
Upper (Odd)
Undefined
Undefined
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32
4:2:0
4:2:2
4:4:4:4
4:2:0
1.33
1.0
ALPHA
COLOR SPACE
AUDIO CHANNELS
FILE SIZE ESTIMATION (GB/hr)
MPEG BASE
COMPRESSION
ALGORITHM
MEDIA
YCbCr
YCbCr
RGB
YCbCr
2-4 @ 16 bit
4-8 @ 24 bit
Undefined
Undefined
22.5
66
23.3
MPEG2
MPEG2
None
None
Inter-frame
Inter-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
DCT
DCT
Lossless (RLE)
DCT
MOV File
MOV File
APPLE NONE
RESOLUTION
APPLE PRORES
Up to 4K
Up to 4K
None
AVID 1:1
720x486
(NTSC)
167
442
996
Up to 60p
Up to 60p
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
FIELD ORDER
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
8, 10
8, 10
4:4:4:4
4:2:2, 4:4:4:4
4:2:2
4:2:2:4
29.97i
25i
Up to 60p
Up to 60p
ALPHA
RGB
YCbCr
YCbCr
YCbCr
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
108
75
None
None
COLOR SPACE
AUDIO CHANNELS
FILE SIZE ESTIMATION (GB/hr)
MPEG BASE
COMPRESSION
ALGORITHM
MEDIA
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Uncompressed
DCT
Uncompressed
DCT
MOV File
720x486 (NTSC)
25i
29.97i
83
720x486 (NTSC)
29.97i
CINEFORM
AVID PACKED
720x576 (PAL)
720x576 (PAL)
720x486
(NTSC)
25i
29.97i
209
167
442
25i
996
Up to 60p
Up to 4K
None
Up to 60p
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
FIELD ORDER
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
10
8, 10, 12
4:2:0:4
4:2:2:4
4:2:2
YCbCr
YCbCr
YCbCr
YCbCr, RGB
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
37.3
75
93.6
60
None
None
None
None
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
DCT
Uncompressed
Uncompressed
Wavelet
MOV/AVI File
D-1
RESOLUTION
720x486 (NTSC)
720x576 (PAL)
720x486 (NTSC)
172
720x576 (PAL)
D-5
D-3
D-2
720x486 (NTSC)
720x576 (PAL)
720x486 (NTSC)
720x576 (PAL)
250
143
94
29.97i
25i
29.97i
25i
29.97i
25i
29.97i
25i
Upper (Odd)
Lower (Even)
Upper (Odd)
Lower (Even)
Upper (Odd)
Lower (Even)
Upper (Odd)
Lower (Even)
10
4:2:2
4:0:0 (Composite)
4:0:0 (Composite)
4:2:2
ALPHA
YCbCr
YCbCr
YCbCr
YCbCr
4 @ 16-20 bit
4 @ 16-20 bit
4 @ 16-20 bit
4 @ 20 bit, 8 @ 24 bit
112.5
COLOR SPACE
AUDIO CHANNELS
FILE SIZE ESTIMATION (GB/hr)
77.4
42.3
64.3
MPEG BASE
None
None
None
None
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Uncompressed
Uncompressed
Lossless
Uncompressed
3/4 Tape
3/4 Tape
1/2 Tape
1/2 Tape
COMPRESSION
ALGORITHM
MEDIA
D-5 HD
RESOLUTION
1280x720
1280x720
29.97i
25i
60p
1.0
Upper (Odd)
Lower (Even)
29.97p, 29.97i
1.0
Upper (Odd)
235
29.97i, 25i, 24p,
23.98p
720x486 (NTSC)
D-9 HD
720x576 (PAL)
1920x1080
D-9 (DIGITAL S)
D-6
1920x1080
50
1200
1920x1080
100
60i, 23.98p
1.0
Upper (Odd)
8, 10
10
CHROMA SAMPLING
4:2:2
4:2:2
4:2:2
4:2:2
ALPHA
COLOR SPACE
AUDIO CHANNELS
YCbCr
YCbCr
YCbCr
YCbCr
4 @ 20 bit, 8 @ 24 bit
4 @ 20 bit, 8 @ 24 bit
2 @ 16 bit
8 @ 16 bit
105.7
540
22.5
45
MPEG BASE
None
None
None
None
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
DCT
Uncompressed
DCT
DCT
1/2 Tape
3/4 Tape
1/2 Tape
1/2 Tape
COMPRESSION
ALGORITHM
MEDIA
DIRAC (VC-2)
RESOLUTION
Up to 1920x1080
Undefined
Undefined
None
None
None
None
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
FIELD ORDER
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
8, 10, 12
8, 10, 12, 16
4:4:4:4
4:2:2
4:2:2, 4:4:4:4
YCbCr, RGB
RGB
YCbCr
YCbCr, RGB
None
None
None
None
1260
56.9
55.1
None
None
None
None
Inter-frame, Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Wavelet
Uncompressed
DCT
Wavelet
Multiple Containers
DPX File
JPG File
JP2 File
CHROMA SAMPLING
ALPHA
COLOR SPACE
AUDIO CHANNELS
FILE SIZE ESTIMATION (GB/hr)
MPEG BASE
COMPRESSION
ALGORITHM
MEDIA
OPENEXR
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
None
None
None
None
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
FIELD ORDER
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
16, 32
1, 2, 4, 8, 16
CHROMA SAMPLING
4:4:4:4
4:4:4:4
4:4:4:4
RESOLUTION
TARGET BIT RATE (Mbps)
Undefined
ALPHA
YCbCr, RGB
YCbCr, RGB
RGB
YCbCr, RGB
AUDIO CHANNELS
None
None
None
None
1034
90
16
648
MPEG BASE
None
None
None
None
COLOR SPACE
COMPRESSION
ALGORITHM
MEDIA
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
Intra-frame
DCT
Lossless
Lossless, others
EXR File
JPG File
PNG File
TIFF File
DIVX
RESOLUTION
MPEG1
MPEG2
Up to 1920x1080
Up to 4K
Up to 4K
Up to 1920x1080
Up to 20
Up to 960
Up to 100
Up to 300
Up to 120p
Up to 120p
Up to 60p
Up to 60p
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
FIELD ORDER
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
8, 10, 12
8, 10
4:2:0, 4:2:2
4:2:0
YCbCr
YCbCr
YCbCr
YCbCr
Undefined
2 @ 16 bit
Undefined
Undefined
1.9
.3
3.9
None
MPEG4
MPEG1
MPEG2
Inter-frame
Inter-frame, Intra-frame
Inter-frame, Intra-frame
Inter-frame, Intra-frame
DCT
DCT, Lossless
DCT
DCT
Web
Web, DTV
VC-1
RESOLUTION
WEBM (VP8)
VP6
Up to 2048 1536
Up to 1920x1080
Up to 16384x16384
Up to 2K
Up to 135
Up to 10
Undefined
Up to 960
Up to 60p
Up to 120p
Undefined
Up to 120p
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
FIELD ORDER
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
4:2:0
4:2:0, 4:2:2
4:2:0
4:2:0
YCbCr
YCbCr
YCbCr
YCbCr
AUDIO CHANNELS
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
.7
.7
3.3
None
None
None
None
Inter-frame, Intra-frame
Inter-frame, Intra-frame
Inter-frame, Intra-frame
Inter-frame, Intra-frame
DCT
DCT
DCT
DCT, Lossless
Web
COLOR SPACE
MPEG BASE
COMPRESSION
ALGORITHM
MEDIA
XVID
RESOLUTION
UNCOMPRESSED
Up to 1920x1080
Up to 1920x1080
Up to 10
Up to 12
315
311
829
1860
(29.97fps, (25fps, 10 (29.97fps, (29.97fps,
10 bit,
bit, 4:4:4)
10 bit,
10 bit,
4:4:4)
4:4:4)
4:4:4)
Up to 120p
Up to 60p
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
FIELD ORDER
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
8, 10, 12
4:2:0, 4:2:2
4:2:0
4:2:2, 4:4:4
YCbCr, RGB
YCbCr
YCbCr
Undefined
Undefined
Undefined
3.6
3.6
141.6
139.8
372.6
838.8
(29.97fps, (25fps, 10 (29.97fps, (29.97fps,
10 bit,
bit, 4:4:4)
10 bit,
10 bit,
4:4:4)
4:4:4)
4:4:4)
None
None
None
Inter-frame
Inter-frame, Intra-frame
Uncompressed
DCT
DCT
Uncompressed
Web
Undefined
W h e r e m u l t i p l e f r a m e r a t e s a r e p r e s e n t , f i l e s i z e i s c a l c u l a t e d w i t h 2 9 . 9 7. W h e r e r e s o l u t i o n i s u n d e f i n e d , 19 2 0 x 10 8 0 i s u s e d . W h e r e m u l t i p l e b i t r a t e s a r e p r e s e n t ,
the highest quality option is used.
A s n o t e d , f r a m e r a t e i s d e f i n e d b y f r a m e s p e r s e c o n d , n o t f i e l d s ; 5 9 . 94 i ( c o m m o n l y r e f e r r e d t o a s 6 0 i ) , f o r e x a m p l e , i s l i s t e d a s 2 9 . 9 7 i .
Where both progressive and interlaced frame rates are present, field order applies only to the interlaced rate(s).
Va r i a b l e f r a m e r a t e s a c h i e v e d b y o v e r - a n d u n d e r - c r a n k i n g a r e n o t l i s t e d , a s t h e y v a r y b y c a m e r a a n d a r e n o t n a t i v e t o t h e c o d e c .
2 3 . 9 8 d e n o t e s 2 3 . 9 76 . A l l o t h e r f r a m e r a t e s a r e e x a c t ; 3 0 i s n e v e r u s e d i n p l a c e o f 2 9 . 9 7, o r 2 4 i n p l a c e o f 2 3 . 9 8 .
Resolutions in Uncompressed are for reference-- uncompressed video does not carr y natively def ined resolutions.
Additional help in making this guide from Justin Kwan.
The information in t his guide was compiled from various sources, and despite my best ef for ts to fact-c hec k , I cant guarantee it s all accurate. Contact me if you
s p o t a n y e r r o r s o r h a v e a n y s u g g e s t i o n s a t z a k @ z a k - r a y. c o m .
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