Which flat rate for IRL streaming on twitch?
Depending on how much you want to stream, you may need an unlimited flat rate
You can work it out for yourself.
For a good 720p transmission, between 1,000 and 2,000 kbit / s could be sufficient (3,000 are recommended).
Sample calculation:
60 minutes live stream at a constant bit rate of 2,000 kbit / s
60 x 60 x 2,000 = 7,200,000 kbit = 7,200 Mbit
(8 Mbit = 1 Mbyte)
7,200 / 8 = 900 Mbytes
So for this stream you need 900 MB. It is important to know that the download will also use a few MB, and the chat connection and possibly alerts require additional (albeit small) amounts of data.
By the way: Flat means unlimited. So if Flat, then it doesn't matter which one.
900 Mb would be a dream. But it is wrong.
At 720p @ 30, approx. 2500 kbit / s is recommended.
This corresponds to 150,000 kbit / s per minute, i.e. 18.75 MB / s.
The whole times 60 (hour) is 9,000,000 kbit / s, i.e. Approx. 1.125 GB per hour.
But we want the whole thing in liquid, i.e. 60 FPS (recommended approx. 3500)
Then there are filter settings, quality, etc. Add to this or your alerts as you say. And various fluctuations.
Let's take a generous assumption that if we use 720p @ 60 and normal settings with 3500, we're at around 1.57 GB per hour.
Where did I get it wrong? I have to take a look right away. Thanks for the correction!
Ah, that'll work. I only expected 2,000 kbit.
But who actually recommends 2,500 kbit / s? I thought 3,000.
Maybe you confused kilobits with kilobytes? ^^ in the streaming area one speaks generally of kbit, i.e. Kilobites. Unfortunately, it is quickly confused, because kb / s stands for kilobits and KB / s for kilobytes.
But who actually recommends 2,500 kbit / s? I thought 3,000.
E.g. Twitch & has so prevailed. Below 2500 is not even streamed.
So you can… But is less recommended. An Internet flat rate is recommended either way.
This has nothing to do with streaming, but with data transmission.
So for me it is clearly 3,000 kbit / s, but okay.
Are you referring to this?
https://stream.twitch.tv/encoding/
Has now been adapted. Stood 2500 for a long time. But more never hurts.
Yes exactly, the current recommendations.
Yes, more harms data consumption and that is what the questioner is aiming for.
^^ well if we speak of "current", then personally I would not even start streaming below 900p 🤪 For me standard 900p @ 60 with 6000 bitrate (x264). Some also swear by 932p I think it was.
