Is ProRes 422 LT 10 bit or 8 bit?

Teagan wrote on 9/27/2021, 7:10 PM

Hi, the bit rate of DNxHR at UHD 4k60p with the SQ option is too high of a bit rate to fit 10 hours of recording on it (7 hours max), on my Ninja V, and I see that ProRes 422 LT is a slightly lower bit rate and will record for 10 hours on my 4TB SSD.

Now, my question is, is this ProRes 422 LT option 10 bit or 8 bit? I need 10 bit for HDR delivery. And this is for sports, so 60p is preferred.

Here's a sample of the media info of a file in this codec, but there's no color bit depth displayed!

General
Complete name               : J:\NINJAV_S001_S001_T001.MOV
Format profile              : QuickTime
Codec ID                    : qt   2005.03 (qt  )
File size                   : 1 019 MiB
Duration                    : 11 s 461 ms
Overall bit rate mode       : Variable
Overall bit rate            : 746 Mb/s
Encoded date                : UTC 2024-06-13 09:17:45
Tagged date                 : UTC 2024-06-13 09:17:45
Writing library             : Apple QuickTime
com.atomos.hdr.gamut        : VGamut
com.atomos.hdr.gamma        : VLog
com.atomos.hdr.camera       : Panasonic
com.atomos.hdr.monitormode  : Pq
com.atomos.hdr.slider       : Unknown kind of value!
com.apple.proapps.image.{TI : Atomos
com.apple.proapps.image.{TI : NinjaV
com.apple.proapps.image.{TI : 10.65

Video
ID                          : 2
Format                      : ProRes
Format version              : Version 0
Format profile              : 422 LT
Codec ID                    : apcs
Duration                    : 11 s 461 ms
Bit rate mode               : Variable
Bit rate                    : 741 Mb/s
Width                       : 3 840 pixels
Height                      : 2 160 pixels
Display aspect ratio        : 16:9
Frame rate mode             : Constant
Frame rate                  : 59.940 (60000/1001) FPS
Color space                 : YUV
Chroma subsampling          : 4:2:2
Scan type                   : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)          : 1.491
Stream size                 : 1 013 MiB (99%)
Writing library             : atms
Language                    : English
Encoded date                : UTC 2024-06-13 09:17:45
Tagged date                 : UTC 2024-06-13 09:17:45
Color primaries             : BT.709
Matrix coefficients         : BT.709

Audio
ID                          : 1
Format                      : PCM
Format settings             : Little / Signed
Codec ID                    : in24
Duration                    : 11 s 461 ms
Bit rate mode               : Constant
Bit rate                    : 4 608 kb/s
Channel(s)                  : 4 channels
Sampling rate               : 48.0 kHz
Bit depth                   : 24 bits
Stream size                 : 1.57 MiB (0%)
Language                    : English
Encoded date                : UTC 2024-06-13 09:17:45
Tagged date                 : UTC 2024-06-13 09:17:45

Other
ID                          : 3
Type                        : Time code
Format                      : QuickTime TC
Duration                    : 11 s 461 ms
Frame rate                  : 59.940 (60000/1001) FPS
Time code of first frame    : 00:00:00:00
Time code, striped          : Yes
Language                    : English
Encoded date                : UTC 2024-06-13 09:17:45
Tagged date                 : UTC 2024-06-13 09:17:45

 

Comments

Musicvid wrote on 9/27/2021, 7:50 PM

Internet says it's ten bit, but you won't get HDR from 709 color space, unfortunately.

Teagan wrote on 9/27/2021, 8:19 PM

Internet says it's ten bit, but you won't get HDR from 709 color space, unfortunately.


It's VGamut but media info says rec 709. It's incorrect. I've proved it's VLog with davinci's chromaticity scopes in another thread a while back.

Musicvid wrote on 9/27/2021, 9:41 PM

I wouldn't know about that, but it says 709 and there is no HDR metadata or 2020 transform being reported.

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