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From: heit@meme.Stanford.EDU (Evan Heit)
Newsgroups: rec.video,comp.misc
Subject: Video and computer memory
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Date: 31 Jul 90 18:36:01 GMT
Sender: heit@meme.Stanford.EDU (Evan Heit)
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I'm trying to figure out how much information is in a one-hour television
show, and how much computer memory it would take to store this information.

I think the calculations should run something like this.

X=bits of information in one frame of videotape
Y=number of frames of videotape per second

Amount of memory for one hour=
 X bits/frame * Y frames/second * 60 seconds/minute * 60 minutes/hour.

Does this seem right?  Can anyone tell me the values for X and Y?

Thanks for your help.