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Video bitrate

Video bitrate is the amount of encoded video data represented per unit of time, often expressed in bits per second.

Updated 2026-10-29 · Topicut editorial

Meaning

Video bitrate is the amount of encoded video data represented per unit of time, often expressed in bits per second.

A practical example

At a constant one megabit per second, sixty seconds of video data is approximately 7.5 decimal megabytes before audio and overhead.

What to check

More bitrate cannot restore detail absent from the source. Distinguish video bitrate from the combined file bitrate and from bytes per second.

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Sources

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