How B-ROLL Picks a ProRes or DNxHR Tier Automatically
B-ROLL picks the lightest ProRes or DNxHR tier at 10 times the source bitrate, scaled by resolution and frame rate. The rule, the math and worked examples.
B-ROLL picks the lightest ProRes or DNxHR tier at 10 times the source bitrate, scaled by resolution and frame rate. The rule, the math and worked examples.
Get YouTube videos as edit-ready ProRes or DNxHR .mov files: B-ROLL downloads, then converts each file, picks the tier and keeps resolution and frame rate.
YouTube streams SDR video in 8-bit and HDR in 10-bit. What a 10-bit ProRes or DNxHR HQX transcode adds, what it cannot add, and when it is worth the space.
For editing, download YouTube videos as a ProRes or DNxHR .mov: intraframe and 4:2:2. When MP4, MKV or WEBM fit better, and why a transcode adds no detail.
DNxHR LB, SQ and HQ are 8-bit tiers, HQX is 10-bit at the HQ data rate. Avid's rates at 1080p 29.97 in MB/s and Mbps, and the tier a YouTube source needs.
ProRes 422 HQ at 1080p 29.97 fps takes 1.65 GB per minute, DNxHR HQ 1.56 GB. Full tier table for 1080p and 4K from Apple and Avid data rates.
ProRes or DNxHR for YouTube footage? Both are intraframe: pick DNxHR for Avid and Windows Resolve, ProRes for Final Cut Pro, which does not list DNxHR.
For DaVinci Resolve on Windows, download YouTube footage as a DNxHR or ProRes .mov, not VP9 or AV1: a decision table by codec and edition, plus import steps.
Get YouTube clips into Premiere Pro and After Effects without VP9 or WEBM errors: why a YouTube MP4 often fails and why a ProRes or DNxHR .mov works.
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