<p>It is approximately 11GB per hour, though I do tend to round up a bit when I make my calculations. </p>

<p>Digital Rebellion has a handy <a href="http://www.digitalrebellion.com/webapps/video_calc.html" rel="nofollow">Video Space Calculator</a> on their website (also available as an iOS app). You can select the format, frame rate, and video length.</p>

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bagelche
<p>mini DV is already digital format. The bitrate is 25Mbps.
So, 1 hour occupies approximately 11 Gigabytes</p>

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Note that 25Mbps is only the video stream.  The audio stream is an additional 192kbps per channel.  Granted, that doesn't make a huge difference in the overall file size, but it does mean things end up a bit closer to 12 gigabytes per hour.
AJ Henderson
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altarvic
<p>I'm looking out to buy some storage for a session of logging a lot of tapes, and I want to guage how much space I will need. How much disk space does 1 mini DV tape digitised in HDV take?</p>

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Why would you bother to up-res DV to HDV? It will just waste a lot of space without any quality gain.
stib
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I used this camara http://www.sony.co.uk/pro/product/broadcast-products-camcorders-hdv-dvcam/hvr-a1e/overview/ and recorded in HD
Andrew Welch
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How much disk space does 1 mini DV tape digitised in HDV take?
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# How much disk space does 1 mini DV tape digitised in HDV take?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-01)

I'm looking out to buy some storage for a session of logging a lot of tapes, and I want to guage how much space I will need. How much disk space does 1 mini DV tape digitised in HDV take?

**Tags:** storage, digitisation

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Why would you bother to up-res DV to HDV? It will just waste a lot of space without any quality gain.  
> **username_0**: I used this camara http://www.sony.co.uk/pro/product/broadcast-products-camcorders-hdv-dvcam/hvr-a1e/overview/ and recorded in HD  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2014-12-02. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

mini DV is already digital format. The bitrate is 25Mbps.
So, 1 hour occupies approximately 11 Gigabytes

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Note that 25Mbps is only the video stream.  The audio stream is an additional 192kbps per channel.  Granted, that doesn't make a huge difference in the overall file size, but it does mean things end up a bit closer to 12 gigabytes per hour.  

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### Answer by username_2 on 2014-12-09. Score: 3

It is approximately 11GB per hour, though I do tend to round up a bit when I make my calculations.

Digital Rebellion has a handy [Video Space Calculator](http://www.digitalrebellion.com/webapps/video_calc.html) on their website (also available as an iOS app). You can select the format, frame rate, and video length.


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