Common Bitrates Reference

Reference guide for ProRes, DNxHD, DCP, and MPEG bitrates

Codec/Format	Name	Bitrate	Resolution	Description
ProRes	ProRes 422 Proxy	45 Mbps	1080p	Offline editing
ProRes	ProRes 422 LT	102 Mbps	1080p	Light compression
ProRes	ProRes 422	147 Mbps	1080p	Standard quality
ProRes	ProRes 422 HQ	220 Mbps	1080p	High quality
ProRes	ProRes 4444	330 Mbps	1080p	With alpha channel
ProRes	ProRes 4444 XQ	500 Mbps	1080p	Highest quality
DNxHD	DNxHD 36	36 Mbps	1080p	Offline quality
DNxHD	DNxHD 145	145 Mbps	1080p	Standard quality
DNxHD	DNxHD 220	220 Mbps	1080p	High quality
DNxHR	DNxHR LB	80 Mbps	4K	Low bandwidth
DNxHR	DNxHR SQ	150 Mbps	4K	Standard quality
DNxHR	DNxHR HQ	220 Mbps	4K	High quality
DV	DV25	25 Mbps	SD	Standard DV
DV	DVCPRO50	50 Mbps	SD	Professional DV
DV	DVCPRO HD	100 Mbps	1080i	HD variant
DCP	DCP 2K	250 Mbps	2K	Cinema 2K
DCP	DCP 4K	500 Mbps	4K	Cinema 4K
MPEG	DVD MPEG-2	8 Mbps	SD	DVD standard
MPEG	Blu-ray Max	40 Mbps	1080p	Blu-ray maximum
H.264	H.264 Web SD	2 Mbps	480p	Web streaming SD
H.264	H.264 Web HD	5 Mbps	720p	Web streaming HD
H.264	H.264 Web FHD	8 Mbps	1080p	Web streaming FHD
H.264	H.264 4K	35 Mbps	4K	4K streaming
H.265	H.265 4K HDR	25 Mbps	4K	4K HDR efficient
Streaming	YouTube 1080p	8 Mbps	1080p	YouTube recommended
Streaming	YouTube 4K	35 Mbps	4K	YouTube 4K
Streaming	Netflix 4K	16 Mbps	4K	Netflix 4K HDR
Streaming	Twitch 1080p60	6 Mbps	1080p60	Twitch max

ProRes

224 Mbps

avg. of 6 presets

DNxHD

134 Mbps

avg. of 3 presets

DNxHR

150 Mbps

avg. of 3 presets

DV

58 Mbps

avg. of 3 presets

DCP

375 Mbps

avg. of 2 presets

MPEG

24 Mbps

avg. of 2 presets