How much space does 1080p video take up?

[Jamie0003]

I have a 4S ordered; and am coming from a 3GS.

I ordered the 16GB version, as I think the 32GB was a bit steep on price. Anyway, about how much 1080p video could you get on 7 gigs of space? (that's how much my phone currently has spare).

 

[Sarngate]

Resolution isn't as important as bitrate, so nobody really knows right now.

 

[iBreatheApple]

Around a meg per second. The 36-second movie Apple uploaded was 36 Mb.

 

[FullMetalx117]

I have a 4S ordered; and am coming from a 3GS.

I ordered the 16GB version, as I think the 32GB was a bit steep on price. Anyway, about how much 1080p video could you get on 7 gigs of space? (that's how much my phone currently has spare).

im not sure if this will be in any case similar to the iphone 4 s but when i record with the hd pvr 10 min is like a gig or two

 

[Intell]

The bitrate of the sample file on Apple's site is 8.5 megabits per second.

 

[gadget123]

Is it really much better than 720p video?

 

[FullMetalx117]

Is it really much better than 720p video?

no. You will probably not notice a difference on the iphone screen but you will notice a difference if you watch on a screen 40 inches or larger

 

[Jamie0003]

The bitrate of the sample file on Apple's site is 8.5 megabits per second.

I'm not sure what this translates to; 8.5 megabytes of data a second?

 

[nuckinfutz]

Is it really much better than 720p video?

Nope

 

[Intell]

I'm not sure what this translates to; 8.5 megabytes of data a second?

A megabit is roughtly 1/4th a megabyte.

 

[steve dave]

Around a meg per second. The 36-second movie Apple uploaded was 36 Mb.

How long did it take you to make up this number?

 

[alent1234]

I plan to set mine to upload the video to iCloud and off mynphone every time I hit wifi.

Not worried about ordering a 16gb

 

[Jamie0003]

I plan to set mine to upload the video to iCloud and off mynphone every time I hit wifi.

Not worried about ordering a 16gb

Correct me if i'm wrong; but i don't think photo stream does video. And if it did, imagine the bandwidth that you would be using if it was on 3G 😱

Also, it doesn't upload it, it just stores a secondary copy, the original video would still be stored on your device and if you were to remove it it would be removed from the cloud too.

 

[grantsdale]

Correct me if i'm wrong; but i don't think photo stream does video. And if it did, imagine the bandwidth that you would be using if it was on 3G 😱

Also, it doesn't upload it, it just stores a secondary copy, the original video would still be stored on your device and if you were to remove it it would be removed from the cloud too.

And thats why photostream only uploads pictures over WiFi.

 

[Jamie0003]

And thats why photostream only uploads pictures over WiFi.

That's what I thought; people would be complaining a LOT with the 4S uploading those vids

 

[danpass]

apparently about 2.5 times the file size that the current i4 would produce for the same shot.

Another poster in another thread had linked an article.

 

[dieburnbot]

I think it's 1 MB for 1 second of video as well. Basing it on the video Apple uploaded which was 36 MB for 36 seconds of video.

 

[Xenc]

no. You will probably not notice a difference on the iphone screen but you will notice a difference if you watch on a screen 40 inches or larger

The difference between 720p and 1080p on the 27" iMac is pretty clear, unless you sit at a far distance.

 

[Jamie0003]

I think it's 1 MB for 1 second of video as well. Basing it on the video Apple uploaded which was 36 MB for 36 seconds of video.

I'm beginning to regret buying the 16gb, not sure how much I would use the video camera, I rarely used it on my 3GS but this camera is much better...

 

[dieburnbot]

I'm beginning to regret buying the 16gb, not sure how much I would use the video camera, I rarely used it on my 3GS but this camera is much better...

Well, you said you will probably have 7GB free.

That is 7168 MB
So at 1 MB/sec of 1080P video you can record 119.466667 minutes.

That is just shy of 2 hours of video recording. Unless you are planning on making a feature length film with the phone I think you'll be fine lol. 🙂

 

[THE dAY]

It cannot be 1MB/sec.

The iPhone 4 with 720P is ~77MB for 1 minute of recording. That comes out to 4.62GB/hour.

I'm guessing the 4S with 1080P should be double that.

 

[Drewsky87]

A megabit is roughtly 1/4th a megabyte.

1/8 🙄

 

[AWallen90]

How long did it take you to make up this number?

The exact number would be something like 38.25MB for 36 seconds of video so why you got to be hating?

Does anyone have any idea if you can still record in 720P ??

 

[Jamie0003]

Well, you said you will probably have 7GB free.

That is 7168 MB
So at 1 MB/sec of 1080P video you can record 119.466667 minutes.

That is just shy of 2 hours of video recording. Unless you are planning on making a feature length film with the phone I think you'll be fine lol. 🙂

Ahh thanks for that, i'm terrible at math and couldn't work it out haha. Maybe I will be fine, i'm only really planning on using it now and again anyway.

Will the photos take up a lot?

 

[Xenc]

Will the photos take up a lot?

Depends how many you take. Even if they're 1 MB each, that's still a lot of photos! And if you ever find yourself running low on space, you can always sync them into iPhoto albums or events. This way the iPhone doesn't waste space storing the full size version in the Camera Roll.