Redcodes

[Lars Wikstrom]

I looked at the new cameras when they were just announced and then looked again today. It looks like the made some changes in the positive direction for what I am looking for.

I am lost when it comes to understanding the RedCodes? What is the difference between RedCode 42, 80(camera I am looking at),100,225 and 500?

Thanks,

-Lars

 

[Stephen Gentle]

I believe that that is the bitrate - Redcode 42 is 42MB/s for example.

 

[Austin Glass]

Maybe I misunderstood, but I thought they said that the Redcode number does not necessarily correspond to the bitrate? I thought I read somewhere that Recode 36 just happened to be 36 MB/s.

This is definitely not my area of expertise, so it wouldn't surprise me if I'm wrong.

 

[JanneJansson]

If it is same as bitrate, then i guess REDCODE 500 is about 4000Mbit/s... and that need some seroius drive/flash/raid to handle that

 

[Chris Armstrong]

Ted mentioned that the new Redcode does not correlate to bitrate. The new version factors in resolution and framerates, and as far as I know hasn't been fully explained yet.

 

[Lars Wikstrom]

I see. I downloaded the the app iSee4K for my iPhone and is has 2 of the redcodes that you can test to see how large your files will be. I guess I will have to wait and see.

-Lars

 

[J Davis]

I was asking this question a while back and Stuart English from the Red Team gave me this response

If it says that, no.

REDCODE is expressed in megaBYTES per second, not megabits per second.

link to thread is here
http://reduser.net/forum/showthread.php?p=325191#post325191

 

[Stephen Gentle]

Maybe I misunderstood, but I thought they said that the Redcode number does not necessarily correspond to the bitrate? I thought I read somewhere that Recode 36 just happened to be 36 MB/s.

This is definitely not my area of expertise, so it wouldn't surprise me if I'm wrong.

I think that the only reason it wouldn't correspond is that you have to add on audio as well...