Server Version#:1.42.2.10122 on windows Player Version#: latest - N/A A remote client tried streaming a media that lists as 1800kbps - the server decided to transcode unnecessarily. Upon checking into the media I noticed the requiredbandwidths seemed quite wrong - requiredBandwidths=“40781,20191,…

Keep in mind that the bitrate in the file is the average. Depending on how the file is encoded, there can be peaks that are many times higher. The required bitrate varies takes these peaks into account. It also depends on the buffer size of the client. The list goes from small to large so the smalle…

Very helpful, thanks for the explanation! FFBitrateViewer told the whole story for me.

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OttoKerner September 16, 2025, 7:56am 3

See Help with bitrate and the linked post therein.

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