Re: BBC iPlayer goes HD, time to drop STM
 

BBC actually say it's 3.2 Mbit

That meant using H.264 and an encoding bitrate of 3Mbps or greater (we actually settled on 3.2Mbps as our preferred HD bitrate). However, since many people won't have an internet connection that can stream 3.2Mbps reliably, we wanted to make HD available for download as well.

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They were different abbreviations because they were different things

Yes I did. I was trying point out that for the majority of people on Virgin - who are on M or L - then streaming from the iPlayer won't be affected because the majority of content is in SD - at 1.5Mbit when their STM download will be 2.5Mbit

Not everyone is going to be able to stream the HD

Re: BBC iPlayer goes HD, time to drop STM
 

Ok i get you but why don't they limit to say 4 mbps instead of streaming at full whack you may not watch the whole thing.

Re: BBC iPlayer goes HD, time to drop STM
 

The thread is about HD streaming. and everyone is able to stream the HD. who is not everyone?

Re: BBC iPlayer goes HD, time to drop STM
 

Back to the subject at hand, I would normally be doing something else perhaps playing WoW etc, then any programs on C4 or BBC I could use Iplayer or 4oD. But with Throttling I have found that I now make sure I have a schedule to watch the TV show there and then rather at my convenience.

Re: BBC iPlayer goes HD, time to drop STM
 

BB M 2Mbit customers for a start because their connection speed is too slow

BB L (and BB M 10Mbit) customers on STM

any Virgin National ADSL customer that syncs slower thant 3.5Mbit

Re: BBC iPlayer goes HD, time to drop STM
 

BenMcr sorry but you must be mistaken i played a HD stream on a 2mbit connection i clicked play then pause waited 10 seconds then play again and wallah worked no buffering or nothing.

Saying that i only watched like 2 minutes or so maybe it would eventually catch up and start buffering again but meh another 10 seconds and your back lol.

Re: BBC iPlayer goes HD, time to drop STM
 

Why not?

Obviously.

Re: BBC iPlayer goes HD, time to drop STM
 

I think I'd re-word this thread. "BBC iPlayer goes HD, time to pay per amount downloaded"

Re: BBC iPlayer goes HD, time to drop STM
 

Why is nobody mentioning the download option? If STM is such a chore, even on the 2Mb service, then why not donwload the iplayer content and watch it at your leisure?

Re: BBC iPlayer goes HD, time to drop STM
 

Because some people like to use this as an excuse about STM perhaps?

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Or maybe people like to watch something there and then and not download it in the wee hours of the morning, to watch the next day.

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I am not defending STM, but surely the BBC putting HD streams on iPlayer would increase the bandwidth requirements of the network, when the idea behind STM is to reduce them, so, from Virgin's point of view, it would be more logical to increase the use of STM. Especially bearing in mind that they have iPlayer available through the DTV system.

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curious thier excuse and the watchdogs acceptance of the use of unlimited was that the stm only affects a small proportion of the users

would have thought that more tan 5% use these streaming services ( lol even my wife does and shes normally last to use things new ;) )

so does that mean the word unlimited will now disappear ?

for me just an extra reason to finally dump virgin even for bb especially as sky are willing to pay a years line rental for me :)

Re: BBC iPlayer goes HD, time to drop STM
 

Just because a car is capable of being driven at 130mph - doesn't mean you have to. ;)

Re: BBC iPlayer goes HD, time to drop STM
 

Even if BB L customers are on STM it will only take just over an hour to download an hour long HD program