Hi. I want to point out a strange thing about Netflix app on S10+. Normally Netflix streams 1080p max on a good wifi connection. Now, as I don't have any way to determine the resolution, I follow the data consumption by Netflix. When I connect my phone with wifi with a fair speed of 20 to 25 Mbps, the data consumption varies somewhere between 1 to 3 MBps. Now the strange part is when I connect my Galaxy Buds with my phone, the resolution drops and the data consumption varies somewhere between 100 KBps to 600 KBps. Anyone else faced this kind of situation?
I tried now. The speed and quality continued in the same way, i got 20mbps. Will you also try fast.com speed test with and without buds? And try Netflix via browser on the phone. interesting issue.
S10 Plus (SM-975F) + Galaxy Buds (White)
You got the same issue?
No. I didn't have the problem you were talking about.
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Has anyone tested the wifi throughput?
Stand a couple meters away from your router. Connect to your LAN and do a 100MB file copy. What do you get for xfer speed (not the link rate)?
(Oh, and don't cover up the Xoom antenna next to left speaker.)
Let me know if you're connected using 2.4GHz or 5GHz, 20MHz or 40MHz, and your router model #.
I'm curious if the Xoom can handle 720p streaming, assuming a decent wifi signal of course. Most laptops can, but handhelds generally have worse wifi reception.
it's about 36Mbps.
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Thanks for the link. The article refers to the number as the peak rate, which frankly isn't very useful. I'm more interested in the sustained rate (for video streaming). It also mentioned the Xoom as having 2.4GHz (only), while the Xoom's Broadcom BCM4329, same as used in the iPad, is dual-band capable. It would be good to ascertain if the Xoom can or can't use the 5GHz band. Reports on here have been mixed.
From the iFixit teardown,
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Motorola-Xoom-Teardown/4989/2
the wifi microstrip antenna used does look to be more robust than the typical. Given that it's easily moddable, I'm curious if there's enough space for a higher-gain PIFA antenna element. Any wifi hackers here?
Why wouldn't the Xoom be able to handle 720p streaming? We are talking 5mbps for a very high quality 720p as a bitrate. Pretty sure it can handle that without a problem. My phone streams 720p without a problem. The iPad does as well.
The average bitrate for my 720p videos is around 3500kbps. The highest I have seen is 7000kbps in my Planet Earth clip.
I am absolutely sure the Xoom can handle the streaming aspect of your question.
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Just getting my feet wet with this amazing app. The main bugbear just now is stuttering playback is this common or is there something hardware related I can check?
My wifi is 12meg down and 1 meg up so think that should be ok
Ran speedtest and it showed similar to the above
It is the 720p versions i have been watching btw
I have compared android version 4.2.2 (s4) with 4.1.2 (note2). Both sets are using the LTE technology. I have tested on both device by running a similar length of HD youtube video via the default youtube given by respective phone. However, i found out something surprising.
4.2.2 uses 100MB of the data usage for just 5.44min HD youtube video while
4.1.2 uses just merely 20+MB of the data usage for similiar HD youtube video.
Hence, my question is why the amount of data usage used by 2 different phone varies so much?
I'm just very curious why does such things happen.
I ask such question because my android usage is very high, currently at 1.73GB within 2.5 weeks of my monthly plan. I reckon it could be synchronizing my contacts, facebook and twitter. There was once when i downloaded foursquare using wifi. When i clicked and opened the foursquare app, it instantly uses up 0.95GB of my dataplan.
It's a worrying factor as you know service providers are rather stingy with their LTE data plans.
Cheers.
Because Galaxy S4 has a full HD Screen, the HD Video on Youtube plays at 1080p while Note II one plays at 720p for HD since screen is 720p.
However, there should only be about twice the size difference.
psycovirus said:
Because Galaxy S4 has a full HD Screen, the HD Video on Youtube plays at 1080p while Note II one plays at 720p for HD since screen is 720p.
However, there should only be about twice the size difference.
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Have either of you noticed the lag associated YouTube. Seems while watching a video it stutters a fair bit at times. Can anyone confirm?
*edit for those of you joining late* The issue is getting a netflix HD stream to the internal display. Currently we get SD streams unless we use external displays.
After the latest OTA update we were supposed to gain access to 1080p Netflix streaming right? Well, how exactly do we get that? I've been monitoring bandwidth and my TN7 while streaming still only uses about 1mbit/s which is definitely not a 1080p stream, but is also indicative of the tablet not even trying higher quality streams. I'm using the stock Netflix app, along with openvpn connect (the other end of the VPN is a gigabit box in the US and is definitely capable of that speed reliably), my local connection is 70mbit down reliably and my wifi AP is an Asus RT-N66U a few feet away.
I've gone and cleared the Netflix app's data but that doesn't seem to have fixed it, any thoughts on what else I can try?
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After the latest OTA update we were supposed to gain access to 1080p Netflix streaming right? Well, how exactly do we get that? I've been monitoring bandwidth and my TN7 while streaming still only uses about 1mbit/s which is definitely not a 1080p stream, but is also indicative of the tablet not even trying higher quality streams. I'm using the stock Netflix app, along with openvpn connect (the other end of the VPN is a gigabit box in the US and is definitely capable of that speed reliably), my local connection is 70mbit down reliably and my wifi AP is an Asus RT-N66U a few feet away.
I've gone and cleared the Netflix app's data but that doesn't seem to have fixed it, any thoughts on what else I can try?
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1080p output is only for when you have it outputing from hdmi to your tv, the tablet is only 720 so it makes sense it wouldn't try to download a bigger stream then needed
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1080p output is only for when you have it outputing from hdmi to your tv, the tablet is only 720 so it makes sense it wouldn't try to download a bigger stream then needed
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While that's true, there's a heckuva difference between the SD streams and any HD stream. As far as I can tell the tablet tops out at what would be low quality SD on a desktop, even on the built in screen it's possible to see more detail than we're getting. (Note identified streams are mobile, low quality SD, high quality SD, and HD).
Anyway, any thoughts on getting a HD stream to the internal display?
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While that's true, there's a heckuva difference between the SD streams and any HD stream. As far as I can tell the tablet tops out at what would be low quality SD on a desktop, even on the built in screen it's possible to see more detail than we're getting. (Note identified streams are mobile, low quality SD, high quality SD, and HD).
Anyway, any thoughts on getting a HD stream to the internal display?
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I'm fairly certain that I'm getting 720 on my tablet, the image is clean and detailed, maybe your problem is with your router or your internet connection. I tried to capture it but for some reason it keeps telling me sd card is in use.
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I'm fairly certain that I'm getting 720 on my tablet, the image is clean and detailed, maybe your problem is with your router or your internet connection. I tried to capture it but for some reason it keeps telling me sd card is in use.
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Mmhmm, I've gone ahead and done some bandwidth monitoring, see the screenshots attached. While watching the avengers with HD streams turned on average usage is 4-6mbps, with SD only it's about 3-4mbps, with the tablet in use and left to stream for a few minutes it's more like 1-2mbps. The desktop I'm using is wired, the tablet is connected to the same switch/AP the desktop is using (asus rt-n66u, 3 feet away through a table).
The CPU load is probably worth testing since the desktop has far more power for openvpn and such, 2.6 or so staring at the netflix home screen, 3.5-4 with a stream going, given the number of cores that's still a little lower than full load.
So, yeah, still not sure what the cause is, doesn't seem to be a problem anywhere...
http://imgur.com/a/FfN3C#0 *edit* I trust vnstat running on the VPN endpoint itself far more than I trust pfsense, so much stuff could be interfering there
Well how much bandwidth your using on pc vs tablet won't tell you much imo, both use different types of compression to stream that why you might be having varying results. I personally know that I'm at least getting 720p in my tablet, maybe there is a way to force it to stream at a higher resolution but I don't know of it.
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Houston! We have a problem.
I sideloaded an App called "Data Counter Widget" from the Google Play Store to the 2nd Generation Fire TV.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.roysolberg.android.datacounter&hl=en
This App is a data usage monitor that shows you real-time usage of apps running within the FireTV. The App can be operated with the remote - requires a few presses of the right and left arrow buttons to get the left-side menu bar to appear. I used a keyboard.
First, I did a test by playing a trailer of Men In Black - its 2 minute HD trailer and it consumed 55 MB. Which is fair.
I reset the stats and started Dolpin Imax 4K documentary and watch until the 5 minute marker (the 4K kicked in at the 28 second marker).
For that 5 min video - the counter went up by 965MB. And if my math is right - it would have consumed close to 12GB per hour.
At the 300GB monthly cap - thats equivalent to 25 hours of 4K video !!!
Is my math wrong?
EDIT +++
Testing the Netflix 4K App on the FTV2 box. Played House of Cards for 5 minutes. It ramped up to 4K in about 6 seconds. It consumed close to 700MB in 5 minutes.
Is that not expected behaviour for 4K size videos?
So, exactly what you would expect then?
Thread title is wrong. Firetv 2 isnt a data hog, 4k video is big, very big.
Yepp, normal bitrates. On the other hand it´s not the ATV which produces this data because it just streams (downloads) this data from your content provider and every other streaming device would produce the same output in your data counter for these videos. It depends on you if a streaming device is a "data hog" or not since most provider do offer other qualities or resolutions for their streams which lower the needed data bandwidth. If you´re concerned about your monthly quota you could choose for older series or movies a lower resolution since they are not really native 4k content and spare up some gigs.
Thanks guys - based on articles I read, HEVC was theoretically rated at around 12 Mbps. The Amazon stream is about 25 Mbps and the Netflix is about 18Mbps
Also, the reason I was pointing the finger at AFTV2 was the a blurb I read somewhere that Amazon tends to cache streams in anticipation of what you are going to watch. So if it caches 4K streams and discards it without using ... that could eat up a significant bandwidth.
I checked the stats this morning ... its been idle through the night for 5 hours - it has consumed 500MB just sitting there. Perhaps its caching videos in anticipation of what I might watch today?
Bless Virgin Media and unlimited internet.
The gen 1 isnt exactly efficient in regards to usage either. I got into a bad habit of leaving netflix or prime on and soon saw i was exceeding a terabyte per month. Concast has a 250 gb cap but thus far havent enforced it in my area. The math goes something like this
Toddler + sesame street in HD = an ISP exec plotting when to profit more from this.
What saves me there is kodi. I have a library of kids movies and tv. When he streams locally it doesnt go against the cap. Unlike watching the same 3 gb movie from netflix 15 to 20 times a month.
Fyi-for netflix you can adjust playback resolution. I find 3 gb per hour to be fine for most videos.