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Video Storage For Shoot Calculator

Work out video storage for shoot instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Video Storage For Shoot Calculator

Daily footage is bitrate times seconds recorded divided by eight thousand to reach gigabytes, then multiplied by shooting days and the number of copies kept. Backup copies multiply the requirement directly, so a three copy policy on a modest shoot needs three times the drives most people budget for.

Formulas

Daily volume

GB per day = bitrate Mbps x hours x 3600 / 8000

Total

total = GB per day x days x copies

Worked example

With the default values below, Video Storage For Shoot Calculator returns Storage needed including backups of 1.0800. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Footage recorded per dayminimum 0.01 h
3 h
Shooting daysminimum 1
4
Recording bitrateminimum 0.01 Mbps
100 Mbps
Backup copies to keepminimum 1
2

Results

Storage needed including backups
1.0800 TB
Storage in gigabytes
1,080.00 GB
Footage per shooting day
135.00 GB
128 GB cards needed per day
2

Step by step

  1. 1Values used
  2. 2Daily volume
  3. 3Total
  4. 4Storage needed including backups= 1.0800 TB
  5. 5Storage in gigabytes= 1,080.00 GB
  6. 6Footage per shooting day= 135.00 GB
  7. 7128 GB cards needed per day= 2

Assumptions and limits

  • The result is derived only from the 4 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
  • In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
  • Figures are rounded for display to 4 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the Video Storage For Shoot figure worked out?

GB per day = bitrate Mbps x hours x 3600 / 8000. Daily footage is bitrate times seconds recorded divided by eight thousand to reach gigabytes, then multiplied by shooting days and the number of copies kept.

Why does this matter?

Backup copies multiply the requirement directly, so a three copy policy on a modest shoot needs three times the drives most people budget for.

What do I need to enter?

Enter footage recorded per day, shooting days, recording bitrate, backup copies to keep. The defaults shown are a realistic worked example — swap in your own figures to get a result you can use.

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