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Title: Gizmo bandwidth?
Post by: Craig on December 24, 2010, 07:24:35 am

Does anyone know roughly how much data Gizmo uses to stream music?
I'm on a 500 Meg/Month package and don't want to overdo it.

Craig

Title: Re: Gizmo bandwidth?
Post by: JimH on December 24, 2010, 07:31:09 am

It would depend on what you're streaming.  Here's an example:

128Kbps MP3 is about 12K bytes/second.

One minute would be 12K x 60 or 720KB.   Call it a MB.

Your plan would support 500 minutes or 8 hours.

I'm not sure what MP3 bitrate our conversion uses, so be cautious the first couple of months.  And use the wireless LAN connection whenever you can.

Title: Re: Gizmo bandwidth?
Post by: Craig on December 24, 2010, 07:42:13 am

Thanks Jim,

So my flacs are converted to mp3 on the fly but there's there's no settings for rates, it's all preconfigured?

Craig
 

Title: Re: Gizmo bandwidth?
Post by: JimH on December 24, 2010, 07:55:14 am

Quote from: Craig on December 24, 2010, 07:42:13 am

So my flacs are converted to mp3 on the fly but there's there's no settings for rates, it's all preconfigured?

Try the options under Library Server.  Low bandwidth, I think.

Title: Re: Gizmo bandwidth?
Post by: Matt on December 24, 2010, 08:26:52 am

Gizmo always uses 128 mp3.  It is currently not configurable.

Title: Re: Gizmo bandwidth?
Post by: Craig on December 24, 2010, 11:45:59 am

Quote from: Matt on December 24, 2010, 08:26:52 am

Gizmo always uses 128 mp3.  It is currently not configurable.

Ok, so Jims sums are about right.

Thanks
Craig