How much space would a 1h video use?

[edıw]

Nvidia uses 12gb for 35 min so I'm curious about steam

[Brian9824]

Record a 1 minute video and multiply by 60?

[eram]

depends on the quality, bit rate, codec etc.

[Squirrel With Acorn]

I just tested both.

For Steam set to Ultra at 1440p using h265 codec = 240MB for 1 minute video, 14.4GB for 1 hour.

For Nvidia App, I set the bitrate to 30Mbit/sec which is only 2 less than Steam's ultra setting (I couldn't choose 32, I would have to go to 35), . = 236MB for 1 minute or 14.16 GB for 1 hour.

So really, both use the same amount of space when using equal settings.

[Lil C]-[ew C]-[ew is ☂д☂]

Give a try Steam recording projection. It can calculate how much an hour duration will use of disk and depending of quality and codec format it will add this information in the projection.
Not telling to use Steam recording. Just the preview or projection that calculate depending of the quality, format and size.

[TomSands]

It should be around 2GB if it's 1080p and around 5GB if it's 1440p. The better the quality, the bigger the file size. If you worry too much about the file size you can try steam recording[www.corsair.com], it should be better.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by Brian9824:

Record a 1 minute video and multiply by 60?

It doesn't work that way sadly.

The amount of space used depends on a lot of things.
There's the obvious like resolution, frame rate, But another big impactor is what's going on in the footage. Something with a lot of movement or action will have a larger file size than somethjing with very little.

An 10 minutes of DOOM ETERNAL is gonna take up more space than 10 mins of Civ 4

[BloodShed]

Originally posted by TomSands:

It should be around 2GB if it's 1080p and around 5GB if it's 1440p. The better the quality, the bigger file size.

And how many minutes and what bitrate is that?


Because a quick test with a 1 minute clip (1080p 60 fps, 24 Mbps, H.265) comes out to 183 MB.
10.3 GB for one hour with the same settings.

[Ben Lubar]

Divide the bitrate by 8 (converting it to a "byterate"), multiply by the number of seconds, and add a bit for audio and container overhead. That's your file size.

There are even calculators you can find online specifically designed for this kind of math. I use this one semi-frequently: https://www.dr-lex.be/info-stuff/videocalc.html

[JunkMan]

Originally posted by BloodShed:

Originally posted by TomSands:

It should be around 2GB if it's 1080p and around 5GB if it's 1440p. The better the quality, the bigger file size.

And how many minutes and what bitrate is that?


Because a quick test with a 1 minute clip (1080p 60 fps, 24 Mbps, H.265) comes out to 183 MB.
10.3 GB for one hour with the same settings.

Would take 3 weeks uploading to YT with my internet and I wouldn't even be able to do anything else for that 3 weeks. lol

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what about if you live stream direct to youtube....

[skOsH♥]

H.264 generally I get about ~27gb for an hour recording....well, i am guessing based on 39min was 15.7gb , 60fps, 2500kbps bitrate. But depends on the game I imagine. More static objects / less animations /movement and less detail will probably be smaller file sizes.