DraCo Motion storage times

Storage time is the amount of raw video footage that can be stored based on hard drive size and quality settings. The following table will allow you to estimate the amount of minutes of video footage depending on the size of your drive, and the quality settings you select.

		Minutes/GB Drive
Comparable Quality	MB/Second	4GB	9GB	18GB
1 VHS Longplay	0.50	136	306	612
2 VHS Longplay	0.60	96	216	432
3 VHS Longplay	0.75	76	171	342
4 VHS	1.00	68	153	306
5 VHS	1.50	48	108	216
6 VHS	1.75	38	85	170
7 S-VHS, Hi8	2.00	34	76	152
8 S-VHS, Hi8	2.50	28	63	126
9 DV, MiniDV	3.10	23	52	104
10 Beta	3.20	22	49	96
11 Beta	3.30	21	47	94
12 Beta	3.50	20	45	90