Administration, continued

Determining the memory requirement of a recording

The amount of memory recorded video sequences will take up depends on the following factors:

picture quality

number of images per second

duration

The memory requirement is calculated by this formula:

Memory requirement = picture size x duration of recording x images per second

Example calculation of CIF resolution (PAL):

Picture

Picture

Duration of

 

Approx. memory space

quality

size

recording

5 images/s

10 images/s

25 images/s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

2.4 KB

24 hours

1.04 GB

2.07 GB

5.18 GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard

4.8 KB

24 hours

2.07 GB

4.15 GB

10.37 GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

High

9.6 KB

24 hours

4.15 GB

8.29 GB

20.74 GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very high

14.4 KB

24 hours

6.22 GB

12.44 GB

31.10 GB

 

 

 

 

Example calculation of 2CIF resolution (PAL):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture

Picture

Duration of

 

Approx. memory space

quality

size

recording

5 images/s

10 images/s

25 images/s

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

4.8 KB

24 hours

2.07 GB

4.15 GB

10.37 GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standard

9.6 KB

24 hours

4.15 GB

8.29 GB

20.74 GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

High

19.2 KB

24 hours

8.29 GB

16.59 GB

41.47 GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very high

28.8 KB

24 hours

12.44 GB

24.88 GB

62.20 GB

 

 

 

 

 

 

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