Streaming TV bandwidth usage?

[xrapidx]

I'm putting this under MTN cause I'm with MTN.

I have a little app that streams live TV to my cellphone over 3G. I was wondering if anyone knows how much bandwidth this app uses?

Currently have the following channels on my E90
- Fashion TV
- CNN
- Sky News
- Bloomberg
- Sailing

 

[Sony_3G]

AFAIK, 3g should stream at roughly 1MB/Minute, i am not sure what the exact network criteria is for this, but that is more or less what i use when i stream

 

[flenters]

It really depends on the encoding of the streamed channels. As we all know
3G will max out at 384kbps (theoretical) and the time you spend watching.

 

[xrapidx]

So... say I watched at the airport for 10 minutes while bored... how much will I loose?

 

[1nsane!]

I'm putting this under MTN cause I'm with MTN.

I have a little app that streams live TV to my cellphone over 3G. I was wondering if anyone knows how much bandwidth this app uses?

Currently have the following channels on my E90
- Fashion TV
- CNN
- Sky News
- Bloomberg
- Sailing

What app u using?

 

[xrapidx]

Irl Vimio TV... goto www.vimio.com, fill in the form, and they email you the app.

 

[LandyMan]

So... say I watched at the airport for 10 minutes while bored... how much will I loose?

At full 384kbps you will use:

384kbps/8 = 48KB/s
48KB/s X 60 = 2880KB/min = ±3Mb/min
3Mb/min X 10 = 30 Mb

 

[xrapidx]

Damn...quite a lot then... I should monitor it to check.

I suppose I could've worked it out... but my calculator finger is sore.

 

[1nsane!]

Irl Vimio TV... goto www.vimio.com, fill in the form, and they email you the app.

It doesnt work on my phone, it times out on the connection

 

[xrapidx]

It doesnt work on my phone, it times out on the connection

There seems to be a server problem this morning, hasn't worked for me either today, I had to sit and listen to a whole two hour meeting... I could have been watching FasionTV.

The nice thing is it works over Wifi.

 

[1nsane!]

There seems to be a server problem this morning, hasn't worked for me either today, I had to sit and listen to a whole two hour meeting... I could have been watching FasionTV.

The nice thing is it works over Wifi.

Lol, i always struggle to stay awake in meetings, they bore me. Btw, just to stay on the topic what phone are u using?

 

[xrapidx]

Nokia E90... I selected N80 on the website though.

 

[1nsane!]

Nokia E90... I selected N80 on the website though.

Can you pls post when its working again so that i can test it as well?

 

[xrapidx]

Will do.

 

[1nsane!]

Will do.

Thanks m8

 

[Sony_3G]

At full 384kbps you will use:

384kbps/8 = 48KB/s
48KB/s X 60 = 2880KB/min = ±3Mb/min
3Mb/min X 10 = 30 Mb

Thats still theory, i stick to about 1-1.5MB/MIN

Still alot

 

[xrapidx]

ok...its working again...

BBC World, a travel channel and a music video channel...