With this little calculator you can calculate the bitrate of a video based on the length, the resolution and other parameters. We found this script in our archives, maybe it is useful for someone, esp. as Silverjuke supports videos now ...
Desired size for the complete clip: | MB ? |
Clip length: | minutes |
Audio bitrate: | kbit/s ? or audio size: MB |
Assumed codec overhead: | % |
Resulting audio size: | MB |
Resulting video size: | MB |
Resulting video bitrate: | kbit/s |
Desired video resolution: | x pixel ? |
Desired video frames: | fps ? |
Video bitrate from above: | kbit/s |
Resulting bits per pixel: | bits/pixel |
Bits per pixel explained:
< 0.10: Don't do it.
0.10 - 0.15: It will look bad.
0.15 - 0.20: You will notice blocks, but it will look okay.
0.20 - 0.25: It will look really good.
0.25 - 0.30: It won't really improve visually.
> 0.30: Don't do that either - try a bigger resolution instead.