Question / Help Just need a little math help.. [Calculating Bandwidth Usage]

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Uzuki

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If I stream 540p60 vs 720p60 at the same bitrate of 2500kbs, is that using more or less bandwidth? Because I'm not sure if the bitrate is a constant or a threshold. My ISP has a cap of 250GB and while I don't stream that much, I want to make sure I avoid hitting that by using the right settings. Should I decide to try streaming a full playthrough of a 60+ hour game again. I already download a lot.
 
Gol D. Ace

Gol D. Ace

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If I stream 540p60 vs 720p60 at the same bitrate of 2500 Kbps, is that using more or less bandwidth?
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Will use the same bandwidth when you use CBR (Constant Bit Rate)

Because I'm not sure if the bitrate is a constant or a threshold.
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It's fairly constant when you use CBR.

2500 Kbps (without Audio Bitrate) are roughly 1.07 GB per hour.

Please note that Bitrate will still fluctuate a bit with CBR. Also you need to add the audio bitrate.

http://www.aqua-calc.com/rate/bandwidth-calculator
 
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Uzuki

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^ Thanks for that. I think I'm going to settle on 540p45 @ 2200kbs. One silly question though. is it kiloBITs per second or kiloBYTEs per second when encoding?
 
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