
StudioStation 100 • Reference Information
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Estimating Storage Requirements for a Recording
Estimating Storage per Recording Hour
You need to know video and audio bit rates configured in your Extron StudioStation 100.
For these examples, the calculations assume that the bit rates remain constant during the
recording. If you are using VBR (variable bit rate, which is the default) then the actual bit
rates are often slightly lower than this estimate. In some cases they can be higher.
To estimate storage per recording hour:
1.
Find the StudioStation 100 video bit rate and audio bit rate, which are in kbps (kilobits
per second).
2.
Insert those bit rates into the following equation:
[(video bit rate + audio bit rate) *3600 seconds per hour] / 8 bits per byte
*1000 = x MBph (megabytes per hour)
Example:
Using the default
720p High
encoder preset, with
•
Video bit rate = 5000 kbps
•
Audio bit rate = 192 kbps
For a 1‑hour recording (3600 seconds),
•
([5000 + 192] * 3600) / 8000 = 2336.4 MBph or 2.34 GBph
For the default encoder presets of a StudioStation 100, the following are the estimated
storage requirements for each hour of recording:
Estimated Storage Requirements
Encoder Preset
Video bit rate
(kbps)
Audio bit rate
(kbps)
MB per hour
GB per hour
1080p High
8000
320
3744.0
3.74
1080p Low
6000
128
2757.6
2.76
720p High
5000
192
2336.4
2.34
720p Low
3000
128
1470.6
1.41
480p High
2500
128
1182.6
1.18
480p Low
1500
80
711.0
0.71
VGA High
3500
128
1632.6
1.63
VGA Low
2500
128
1182.6
1.18
StudioStation 100
max. rates
10000
320
4644.0
4.64
StudioStation 100
min. rates
200
80
126.0
0.13
NOTE:
If you choose from one of several encoding rates, do the above calculation
for each of the possible rates. You will also need to estimate how often each of the
encoding rates is selected.
To estimate the number of hours of recordings that can be stored on a specific size of hard
drive:
•
Determine the StudioStation 100 video bit rate and audio bit rate, in kbps (kilobits per
second)
•
Insert those bit rates into the following equation:
[(hard drive size in GB * 8,000,000) / (video bit rate +audio bit rate)]/3600 = x hours