Digital Video: Relative Size

By Joe Burns

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One-Quarter Video Screen Size

AVI Format
With Sound - 323KB
No Sound - 305KB

MPEG Format
With Sound - 560KB
No Sound - 513KB

Quicktime Format
With Sound - 299KB
No Sound - 275KB

Video Capture Size

AVI Format
With Sound - 2.54MB
No Sound - 2.05MB

MPEG Format
With Sound - 1.48MB
No Sound - 1.34MB

Quicktime Format
With Sound - 866MB
No Sound - 897MB

Video Specs

This is an idea of the frame size and byte content of a video file. These numbers are approximate and any video you produce may be a bit higher or lower due to compression rate, frames captured per second, or colors displayed.

The Following Video Are:

15 frames per second
256 colors
JPEG Compression of 50%
- the Quicktime movie uses the Intel Indeo [R] compression.
Frame sizes can be made smaller or larger.