Recording time for different card sizes
The following gives the approximate recoding time for different bit rates and different card sizes.
Bit rate
| Bytes per minute
| notes
| 2GB
| 4GB
| 8GB
| 16GB
| 32GB
| 64GB
|
2Mb/s
| 15MB
| Low quality, for minimum file size
| 2 hours
| 4 hours
| 8 hours
| 16 hours
| 1 day
| 3 days
|
4Mb/s
| 30MB
| Good quality, ideal for track side video/data analysis
| 1 hour
| 2 hours
| 4 hours
| 8 hours
| 16 hours
| 2 days
|
6Mb/s
| 45MB
| High quality, ideal for DVD generation with maximum compatibility
| 40 minutes
| 1 hour 20 minutes
| 3 hours
| 6 hours
| 12 hours
| 1 day
|
8Mb/s
| 60MB
| Very high quality, most DVD player will still work at this rate
| 30 minutes
| 1 hour
| 2 hours
| 4 hours
| 8 hours
| 16 hours
|
12Mb/s
| 90MB
| Maximum quality, but only suitable for playback on PCs
| 20 minutes
| 40 minutes
| 1 hour 20 minutes
| 3 hours
| 5 hours
| 10 hours
|