Hey all.
I was wondering what internet connection i need to play Bitrate: 4000 Kbps video's on Plex smoothly, without buffering.
Is there a way to calculate this?
If you're playing the video locally, your Internet speed is irrelevant. You'd need your wifi network to be capable of streaming 4000kbps or more locally. It really shouldn't be a problem, unless you have a lot of wifi connected devices that may use up the speed of your router and reduce the speed of the server and/or device you're trying to play videos on. If possible, try to get the computer that your server is on to use a wired ethernet connection, and see if that helps.
I know going completely wired with Plex can be a bit impossible, especially if you like watching Plex on your phone/tablets/etc, so if wiring the server computer doesn't help, you might have too much interference or traffic on your network. If so, you'd want to look into a router that can handle more traffic.
For example, I used to have an old router that could only do 54 Mbps on the network, and as a result with phones/computers/etc, the server was only able to stream about 2000 Kbps. I got a new one that can do 600Mbps, and now my devices all share about 70+ Mbps, so streaming my HD movies is smooth and buffer-free. It was the router and wifi devices that were the issue, rather than my internet speed.
However, if you are indeed trying to play a 4000kbps video on someone else's server, your internet download speed would have to be 4000 Kbps+ AND the other server's upload speed would have to be 4000 kbps or greater for the video to play at full quality.
Hope that helps
Thank you for your help - your information was awesome!
My last question is:
What is 4000 kbps(4 Mbps) in Mbit?
Since most internet providers offers internet speeds in Mbit
Thank you for your help - your information was awesome!
My last question is:
What is 4000 kbps(4 Mbps) in Mbit?
Since most internet providers offers internet speeds in Mbit
There is no difference.
To be able to play a file that streams at 4Mbit/sec you need an internet connection with a downstream speed of 4Mbit/s. Well actually this is not true as you will not get full 4Mbit out of your internet connection due to certain protocol overheads. You would probably get around 3.5Mbps in real world speed.
Also, are you streaming from your Plex server at a remote location? If this is the case your upstream speed needs to be able to match the bitrate (with some headroom).
