Data Usage Questions
I have a few questions regarding data usage:
1. Does casting videos from an Android phone to a Roku TV use a lot of data?
2. Does casting a live streaming video versus a recorded video use mo...
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Is the Android on your wireless network or cellular network?
Bandwidth is dependent on the format of the video. SD, ED, HD, UHD, etc all have a different bitrate. 1 hour at each bitrate would consume different amounts of your data cap.
You're trying to make it sound implausible to consume 42 GB of data in 1 day by listing high numbers of time-consuming sources with low bitrates. Of course you can't consume 80 hours of SD in 1 day. That'd be like me trying to fill my gas tank with a 1-ounce measuring scoop in 1 day with 3,584 scoops! However, I'm sure I could consume 80 GB in 1 hour.
My android in on the wireless network. All my devices (Laptop, Smartphone, and Roku TV) are on the same wireless network using COX Panoramic Wifi. When I go on the MyWifi page, the Smartphone doesn't show much wifi data usage, even on the Thursday in question.
It seems to me almost impossible to have consumed 42 gigs in one day just by browsing the Internet and watching a couple of Youtube videos including the 1-hour video that I casted on Thursday regardless of the video format.
It seems to me almost impossible to have consumed 42 gigs
It depends on what you watched. UHD? UHD at 30 frames per second? UHD at 60 frames per second? UHD at MPEG-2 or MPEG-4?
For example, if you watched an hour of UHD at 60 frames per second, it would total over 110 billion bits of data...or 14 GB.
I know that on Thursday, the day in question, we watched a couple of 4x Ultra HD Youtube videos from Pro Walk Tours, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNzul4dnciIlDg8BAcn5-cQ for around 2 to 4 hours. MyWifi showed soom peaking around that time frame. We watch the Youtube videos from the Youtube App on the Roku TV. These videos were not casted. Do you think that these videos are responsible for using a good cunch of 40 gigs?
