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[Hogweed]

I've noticed that iplayer sometimes use a lower bit rate than it and the connection/processor/graphics can support (does this occasionally on desktops as well). How does BBC1 live at the desktop page http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcone/watchlive/ play for you? That usually seems to give me a better image (may take a few seconds to settle down when playback first started), with fast moving action, than iplayer playing recorded streams. Might be worth checking the bit rates. On the desktop you can right click and get the current bitrate but I haven't found a way to do this with the AndroId flash player (other than checking network traffic).

Edited by Hogweed, 18 May 2012 - 10:07 PM.

[Daniel Meah]

This is because it streams low by default. change it in the menu area.

[punjabi]

pelago, on 18 May 2012 - 10:04 PM, said:

That sounds more like an effect of the bitrate.

So how can this be overcome...?
I mean my Internet (wifi) is 4.5mb and it plays iplayer perfectly fine on my iPhone... Do you think it's something to do with the actual amount of data the device can receive at one time. I say that because when I do a speedtest using the speedtester app it rarely goes above 1.5mb (my line is definitely faster than that though...

[punjabi]

punjabi, on 19 May 2012 - 12:42 PM, said:

So how can this be overcome...?
I mean my Internet (wifi) is 4.5mb and it plays iplayer perfectly fine on my iPhone...
I've also changed the settings in iplayer to high quality but no difference...?

[Hogweed]

If you are using the speedtest app from speedtest.net it doesn't give the correct download speeds (at least for me). Running it now it says 4 mb/sec download  but http://www.bandwidthtest.co.uk/ says  14mb/sec and speedtest.bbmax.co.uk got 15mb/sec - this over a Virgin Media 20mb/sec link and 802.11g wi-fi.. The figure from the speedtest app is wrong it seems.

Edited by Hogweed, 19 May 2012 - 04:18 PM.

[RussellS]

Are you using the Android iPlayer app or the BBC website. In the iPlayer app you can go into settings and select the required video quality between low, medium & high. If just using the BBC website I don't think you can select the quality.

[punjabi]

So what can explain the quality deterioration (with flash)...?

The exact same thing happens when I downloaded the Crackle app and watch videos on there...

I do suspect the bitrate being an issue or is it because the phone can only handle so much data at any one time...?

[toge64]

punjabi, on 19 May 2012 - 06:03 PM, said:

So what can explain the quality deterioration (with flash)...?

The exact same thing happens when I downloaded the Crackle app and watch videos on there...

I do suspect the bitrate being an issue or is it because the phone can only handle so much data at any one time...?

What are you comparing it to?

[adrien56]

hsupa is not working or doesn't work ,i get  380kbits in upload and a very high ping (138ms) like the Blade  that's verry annoying, Is there a way to turn it on ?

[adrien56]

okay i answer myself , i just saw that the uptate to ics activate hsupa !

[Davidoff59]

Huawei stated no hsupa radio on g300