| CBR Full description not available yet. CBR stands for Constant Bitrate. Basically it is a term that describes how video or audio is encoded -- constant bitrate means that the bitrate doesn't vary during the video or audio at all, but is same through the clip. CBR bitrates are very easy to use in calculations -- if you have an MP3 file that has CBR of 128kbit/sec and it lasts for 3 minutes, the amount of HDD space it takes can be calculated easily: 128kbit = 128 x 1024 bits 1 byte = 8 bits 1 kilobyte = 1,024 bytes 1 megabyte = 1,024 kilobytes 3 minutes = 180 seconds 180 x 128 x 1024 / 8 / 1024 / 1024 = 2.81MB |