I had guessed that there was more compression happening but I wasn't sure. Thanks for hitting me over the head with the data rate, duh. I won't have to think twice in the future. Sometimes I find I don't understand everything I thought I knew so well. ;-)
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Dennis Degan <DennyD1@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Aug 8, 2011, at 2:58 PM, John Moore wrote:
>
> > A friend said he imported a CG QT file as 220 and 220X and the
> files are the same size. He is speculating that the 10 bit codec must
> have to have lower resolution in order for the file sizes to be the
> same. I'm not sure what exactly he means by the same size, I can't
> imagine they would be exactly the same size. I'm trying to get more
> specifics. Would it make any sense that the 10 bit codec might allow
> for more efficient compression than 8 bit? I would really doubt there
> would be a loss of resolution to accomodate more color depth.
> Ultimately the concern is image quality when resizing shots. 220X
> should be better than 220 for everything right? If not I'm feeling
> everything I know is wrong.
>
> I rhetorically ask:
>
> "What part of '220Mbps' do you not understand?" (I know, I'm being
> snide . . . . sorry.)
> But seriously, DNxHD 220 and DNxHD 220X both operate at 220Mbps,
> hence the number in the name '220'. 220X simply has slightly more
> compression in order to provide the higher bit depth. The resolution
> is the identical between the two.
>
> Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
> NBC Today Show, New York
>
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