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walkinaz2020
New Contributor
5 years ago

How much data is used to stream a video?

How much data gets used to stream a full length movie?

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  • Bruce's avatar
    Bruce
    Honored Contributor III

    It depends.  Is the movie 480p, 720p, 1080p, 3840, 7680?  Encoded with HD Audio?  What’s the running time of the movie?  Who is the provider?

  • CurtB's avatar
    CurtB
    Valued Contributor III

    Here is Cox's Data Usage Calculator.

    It shows that if you stream 2 hours of HD video (Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, etc.) every day for a month, you would use 180 GB (6 GB for a 2 hour movie).

    • Bruce's avatar
      Bruce
      Honored Contributor III

      Does it account for re-transmissions due to lost packets?