Extremely useful App to calculate data usage & space needed – KataData
As silly as it is – trying to calculate how much hard drive or card space one will need for a particular shot or project can become extremely complex. Now, let me clarify that … Once you factor in the different compression settings, resolutions, frame rates etc -it can be downright maddening!
Here is an incredibly graceful app that allows you to take the mystery out of all of these calculations (and avoid the inevitable headaches that come with.) KataData – for iPhone (and will work on most if not all iDevices I’m sure) is a great app to pull out when you’re out on location and need to shoot a one hour shot of the sun setting – and need to know if you can fit in on the cards within the camera (and perhaps what compression setting to choose to make it fit.) It’s also great to pull out when a producer asks you what size drives they should purchase for your shoots – if you know the anticipated amount of footage you’ll shoot and specs – you can give an intelligent answer – for almost every single cinema camera out there today. This is particularly useful if you’re deciding on what settings, let alone what cameras – you’ll go with for a particular shoot given the realities of time and budget (not to mention when you shoot with multiple, different cameras.) It will also give you the runtime of your footage given the amount of data you’ve shot – great for when you’re shooting off-speed. This app works with RED, Phantom, Alexa, HDSLRs – you name it.
You can find more information here, and purchase it from iTunes here. You can also watch the video below for more information.
A mac dashboard app that serves the same purpose – free! Been using it for a few months, very handy!
http://www.digital-heaven.co.uk/videospace
Hi, when switching Canon DSLRs, the codec is H.264. As we know Canon all DSLRs using same codec and same compression,
but newly released 1DX has a new compression right?
then how about the capacity of that for 10 minutes of footage?
or 30minutes . .etc
If there is any differences than older codec , they have to update their KataData – for iPhone isnt it?
Vincent Laforet Reply:
October 26th, 2011 at 1:27 pm
I hear 29 minutes now. And I believe the same exact code as current Canon HDSLRs w/ much better aliasing/moire etc.
No AVCHD support?
I don’t see it.
This is our first release so we’ll be adding lots more cameras/codecs over time and they will all be free updates! Stay tuned…
It’s great but it doesn’t even has any h.264 option! we lost you vincent! 🙂
and no support for Android…
@Vincent Laforet, Yeah. as the Dan Chung’s video, it says Two different recording styles 1Dx got based on H.264.
And the sensor got no line skipping and all the sensor read the data. and bit of rolling shutter and moire.
Anyway the new codec feels awesome . . .!
So here is a question concerning the Canon DSLRs. Is there not a change in the file size if recording in 720p versus 1080p?
Vincent Laforet Reply:
October 30th, 2011 at 6:54 pm
Incorrect – the larger the resolution the larger the file.
but newly released 1DX has a new compression right?
then how about the capacity of that for 10 minutes of footage?
or 30minutes . .etc
Vincent Laforet Reply:
October 30th, 2011 at 6:52 pm
29 minutes. Unsure about code. Have only been able to “handle” the body.
@Vincent Laforet, Actually there’s a choice of three different codecs. The bit rates are unclear, but Canon assure me they will be at least as high as the codec in current cameras: http://paul-d.tv/blog/2011/10/28/canon-eos-1d-x-hands-on-report/
@andrea, We do not have h.264 in the codec section because H.264 has a nearly infinite number of bit rates. However, we do have the Canon SLR cameras in the device section which has the proper bit rates for h.264 that Canon SLR’s record.