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Carobobaline · 2003-10-01 11:59:32

Hey guys, hopefully someone can help me. i ned to know on average, how much disk space does a 5 min video take up? i.e. im doing my final year programming project and setting up a site on a server in my college that will have interactive lessons on it and i need to wite down how much space some vid willl take up in the…

01-10-2003 12:59pm

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Carobobaline

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Hey guys,
hopefully someone can help me. i ned to know on average, how much disk space does a 5 min video take up? i.e. im doing my final year programming project and setting up a site on a server in my college that will have interactive lessons on it and i need to wite down how much space some vid willl take up in the project proposal.
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Caroline

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#2 01-10-2003 1:14pm

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I would say anywhere from 5-20 megabytes depending on the quality

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#3 01-10-2003 4:55pm

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the PAL DV standard of 720x576 video with 5:1 compression requires 3.6 MB/sec, which is 4.63 minues per GB.

so 5 minutes of PAL video would require 1080 MB.

you can greatly reduce the file sizes by then compressing the video files into divx format, with a minimal loss in quality.

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