Reviewed PCM preset

48 kHz / 24-bit stereo PCM: 17.28 MB per minute

Uncompressed 48 kHz / 24-bit stereo PCM uses exactly 288,000 bytes per second, 17,280,000 bytes (17.28 MB, about 16.48 MiB) per minute, and 1,036,800,000 bytes (1.0368 GB, about 0.9656 GiB) per hour. The calculator starts with one hour and two channels; change duration, channels, or direction below. Results are sample payload only, without container headers, metadata, or compression.

Exact local arithmetic

PCM storage workspace

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The exact result is PCM sample payload only. WAV/BWF/AIFF headers, metadata, filesystem space, recorder reserves, and compressed formats are excluded.

Complete-frame result

PCM storage result

Exact sample payload1036800000 B1.0368 GB · ≈0.965595245 GiB
Complete frames172800000
Block alignment6 B
Byte rate288000 B/s
Bit rate2304000 bit/s
Decimal storage1.0368 GB
Binary storage≈0.965595245 GiB

172800000 frames × 6 B = 1036800000 B

Frame counts and bytes remain exact integers. The ≈ sign appears only when a rational duration or unit conversion has a non-terminating decimal display.