HD Bitrates/ Bandwidth consumption?

[Coswar]

Can someone give me a simple list of resolution/ compression to bitrate? I've searched for ages but can't find a list, I'm trying to work out how well my home network would perform under the stress of several 1080p streams (mkv files, 2 hours of video for usually around 6/7/8 GB of data). Thanks for any help

[TeKNiQue]

Well, a video encoded in 5 Mbps with a 1 Mbps audio stream for example will require a download speed of 6 megabits per second, the resolution of the video is irrelevant however. Just check the video and audio bitrate and add them together and there you've got what download speed you need

[Coswar]

Well, a video encoded in 5 Mbps with a 1 Mbps audio stream for example will require a download speed of 6 megabits per second, the resolution of the video is irrelevant however. Just check the video and audio bitrate and add them together and there you've got what download speed you need

From the file properties?

[TeKNiQue]

From the file properties?

Yeah, go and look at the file properties. So if the video stream is in 5 Mb/s and audio in 1 Mb/s then streaming the file will theoretically require a 6 Mb/s download speed without any buffering. So that's how much space the file takes up per second. Keep in mind that everything I'm talking about here is in bits, nothing is in bytes.

[Coswar]

Yeah, go and look at the file properties. So if the video stream is in 5 Mb/s and audio in 1 Mb/s then streaming the file will theoretically require a 6 Mb/s download speed without any buffering. So that's how much space the file takes up per second. Keep in mind that everything I'm talking about here is in bits, nothing is in bytes.

Ok , I used a program called media info to get the bitrate( for some reason mkv files don't display this info in properties for me) and it says just less than 10000kbps or 10mbps. I tested my home network, and it is getting a steady 55mbps, so I should theoretically be able to run 5 and 1/2 streams at once on my lan network. Sound right to you?

 

EDIT: This is for my largest 7GB file , most are less, but I'm looking for the extreme best my network can handle

[TeKNiQue]

Ok , I used a program called media info to get the bitrate( for some reason mkv files don't display this info in properties for me) and it says just less than 10000kbps or 10mbps. I tested my home network, and it is getting a steady 55mbps, so I should theoretically be able to run 5 and 1/2 streams at once on my lan network. Sound right to you?

EDIT: This is for my largest 7GB file , most are less, but I'm looking for the extreme best my network can handle

Yes it should theoretically work, though it might not work flawlessly to stream 5 of those videos. Your connection might drop slighty for example. But a 55 megabit connection should definitely be able to handle 10 Mb/s video files, and then some.