Skyplayer and Bandwidth

PuncH · Oct 31, 2009, 21:16:18

Hello all,

Hope you are all well!

Just had the skyplayer update sent through to my xbox 360 so I can now watch sky tv through my xbox. I was wondering however if any of you geniuses (genii?) out there know roughly how much an hour of tv would equate to as a download?

I'm a bit concerned I shall be chewing through my download allowance in double quick time otherwise!

Glenn · Oct 31, 2009, 21:20:26

I have no idea I'm afraid, you could work out a rough estimate, by using it for an hour, whilst monitoring the bandwidth usage.

zappaDPJ · Oct 31, 2009, 23:44:20

It depends on a number of factors including compression ratio. A ballpark figure for 1 hour would be around 600MB. If it's in high definition you can double that figure.

Rik · Nov 01, 2009, 01:02:24

I thought HD was 4x, Zap?

psp83 · Nov 01, 2009, 02:06:07

every one hour program i've downloaded or streamed has been around 750-780mb.

Gary · Nov 01, 2009, 02:54:59

Its not broadcast over the xbox in HD I belive

Steve · Nov 01, 2009, 16:37:00

The stream details:-The lowest quality streams at 600Kbps, the medium at 1.1Mbps and the best quality at 1.8Mbps.

Rik · Nov 01, 2009, 16:38:12

Thanks, Steve.

Steve · Nov 01, 2009, 20:31:28

Thanks Rik,full article here http://www.techradar.com/news/television/sky-on-xbox-all-your-questions-answered-603561

zappaDPJ · Nov 02, 2009, 02:57:14

Quote from: Rik on Nov 01, 2009, 01:02:24
I thought HD was 4x, Zap?

It's possible depending on the source, BBC HD on iPlayer for example works out at around 2x in general as they steam in 720p. Sky is a little more complicated as they broadcast in two HD formats including 1080i (which probably would be nearer 4x) but I'm not sure how that translates to an Xbox.

Rik · Nov 02, 2009, 10:15:25

Badly?

zappaDPJ · Nov 02, 2009, 10:25:08