Digital Commons at Penn State

We've put together this reference table to illustrate the amount of space a streamed video takes up on a server. Keep in mind that many factors such as the data rate, the length of video, and the image size can affect the overall size of the files and these numbers are meant for comparison only.

The following table, with the exception of full DV, is for Quicktime (.mov) video using the Sorenson compression format (web streaming standard). Full DV is used when editing video for non-streaming media, like VHS or DVD.