Video Bit Rate: An Easy Overview (2023)

Bit Rate affects image quality, file size, and much more. This video provides a quick overview on what bit rate is and why it is important to understand. I also cover the difference between Constant Bit Rate and Variable Bit Rate.

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[krisztianracz]

Finally a level 1 lesson for my level 0 knowledge in the subject. Thanks for leveling me up!

[dalejwosk]

I'm watching this on 360p
it's like on 1080p
this guy has the most best quality camera ever

[h.w.m.]

Omg this video saved my life
I recently bought a 300 dollar drone and it said it was 1080p but it didn't show.
Now I know I need a better SD card

[joshuamozingo]

Thanks for showing the side-by-side comparison. There are hundreds of articels and blog posts about the difference between CBR and VBR, visually seeing the difference helped a lot.

[TheWinstonChu]

Just sub'd, don't even care what your other videos are on the channel - this video alone, the straight-forwardness is so rare on YouTube these days. Keep it up!

[Edgeofdavid]

Nice intro lol - You explained bit rate in the first 5 seconds like a pro.
My Sony X3000 records up to 50M at 60P. So I've been playing around with rendering at different rates to see what looks best at the most optimal size.

[maureencraig]

straight forward answers to my questions! great - thank you

[tabithatrenary]

Thanks for another great explanation. You really know how to bring it down to layman’s terms. 👍

[pswong]

Straight to the point and easy to understand for a beginner. Thank you so much. Good job!

[krasimirgedzhov]

This is one of the best time to value content I've seen on youtube. Thank you so much Kellan, I wish you all the best!

[maryamhassan]

OMG THANK YOU!!!! I'm in the process of buying my 1st professional camera and was getting really confused. I'm practicing with a friend's camera at the moment but she doesn't fiddle with the settings so she's as clueless as I was with bitrates. This really saved me I have just one shot at getting this footage and 3 days to fully understand how bit rates & interlaced/progressive scans worked.

[stehume]

After struggling to find a video that explains bitrate in simple terms i came across this one, Now i fully understand it, thank you very much

[henryhurtado]

Seriously amazing video, I finally understand what is the bitrate.
you saved my life because I have an exam today and I didn't understand what the teacher said.
I don't know why they don't use graphics and simple explanations as you did.
Thank you! you saved my life hahahaha

[Dvfacu]

Thank you so much for this video. I work with audio and I was trying to understand the difference between bit depth and bit rate and I was struggling to find a clear explanation on this topic. Although your video is oriented to the visual domain, it really translates into the audio world. Great explanation, simple and to the point. Cheers from Argentina :)

[transitionguy]

All future stars were underrated, same goes to you.

[adaydreamhd]

quick explaination. then catchy intro. watched half already. big props mate. thats how it could be done by tech channels

[rstampau]

completely answered my question about bitrate for my security cameras . thanks so much

[audiohacker]

ohh! THAT'S WHY WHEN I'M EXPORTING ON AFTER EFFECTS, 1 MIN IS EQUALS TO 60 GB.
I DIDN'T TOUCHED THE BITRATE THINGY LOL

[Serilia]

Thank you for solving the recording problem I didn't figure out for a year (I'll admit I didn't perservere in my research as much as I should). My hard drive probably won't thank you but the quality of my videos will!

[sajjadmalik]

you have an art of explaining difficult things in easy way. keep uploading and educating.