How many hours of video can a 70 GB Hold?

Question

How many hours of video can a 70 GB Hold?

Answer 1

Depends on the format and the amount of compression you want to apply.

If you import standard definition video from a miniDV tape based camcorder, that is about 14 gig per hour of video.

70 gig / 14 gig per hour = 5 hours. (Though you should never completely fill a drive - there should ALWAYS be at least 10% available space). HDV will use about 4x-5x more space than DV.

But I can compress that 1 hour of DV into a data file that looks good in a 2 inch window on my computer and only use a couple hundred meg of space on the hard drive so I could store WAY more than 5 hours of video in that 70 gig. But if I want to watch it full screen it will look like garbage.

Answer 2

Quality                 (60GB)                  (120GB)  hi definition



HD FH                 430 min.                890 min.

HD HQ                880 min.              1780 min.

HD SP              1070 min.              2160 min.

HD LP               1370 min.              2880 min

Answer 3

Assuming a 2 hour video to be about 700MB i would say 204.8 hours of video.

Work: 70GB / 700MB = 102.4 * 2 hours equals 204.8 hours.

However the quality of the video and the type of file the video is in (ex. avi; mpeg; mp4) contribute to how much memory the video takes up, which would change the amount of hours of video 70GB can hold.