How Much Hard Drive Space Does a Recorded Call Consume?
This article outlines the sizes of the different recording formats (codecs) and the amount of disk space needed to store files in these formats..
Written by Adrian Angwenyi
Updated at April 13th, 2023
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List of Codecs
✔ SpectrumVoIP's phone system records audio in the G.711 Wav format.
| Recording Type | Encoding Rate | Number of Channels | Bits/Second | Bytes/Minute | Bytes/Day |
| G.711 Raw RTP | 64Kbps | 1 | 133Kbps | 1MB/min | 1.5GB/day |
| G.729 Raw RTP | 8Kbps | 1 | 26Kbps | 200KB/min | 300MB/day |
| G.711 Wav | 128Kbps | 2 | 133Kbps | 1MB/min | 1.5GB/day |
| GSM | 13Kbps | 1 | 22.8Kbps | 171KB/min | 240MB/day |
NOTE: These numbers are estimates and may vary depending on various factors. These factors include the total number of phone calls, call quality for 3rd parties and other file-limiting factors.