Observed arrival · 2026-10-06
Framebudget’s video storage calculator
A shoot-planning calculator estimates video storage, SD-card capacity, recording time, and backups for cameras, phones, drones, and action cameras.
- For
- People planning video shoots and card capacity
- Worth noticing
- Its estimate scales a stated 1080p/30 fps bitrate baseline by pixel count and frame rate, with selectable quality multipliers.
Field notes
The estimate can come from guided device and quality choices, manually entered recording settings, or a sample clip’s file size and real recording duration. Its stated baseline is 20 Mbps for H.264 and 12 Mbps for H.265 at 1080p and 30 fps; the page cautions that these are its assumptions, not camera specifications. Shoot planning also distinguishes time spent recording from the whole day out and lets users choose how often cards are cleared.
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