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cldlr76

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#27865 9-Nov-2008 15:37

Does anyone know how much data is used while you are streaming a radio station. Or does anyone know of some software I could use to find out?

raytaylor

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#176935 9-Nov-2008 16:08

When you are streaming it, your player will show a kbps figure. Usually 64kbps or 128kbps

Now take the figure and divide it by 8 to convert kbps into kBps. This is how many kiloBytes per second it will use.
Multiply that figure by 60 and you will get kilobytes per minute
Multiply that figure by 60 and you will get kilobytes per hour.

Basically a 128kbps stream will use 1megabyte per minute, 60mb an hour or 1.45gb per day.

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pistolpower

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#177065 10-Nov-2008 11:55

Yer I worked it out a while ago but I can not remember how much data it uses now. But it was arround that number that raytalor said. So yer not much unless your going to have it in the lounge. And even then unless you left it on all day then it wont ammount to much. And I'm not shure but i think that the radio (over air) qaulity might not be as good as 128kbps. And the reception most likely will not be perfect and you get less stations.

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#177108 10-Nov-2008 13:35

http://www.casterclub.com/bw_calc.php?universal=monthly_usage

Handy calculator above.

I have my station running with 19 possible slots for AAC+ stream and 10 possible slots for MP3.

AAC+ is at 64kbps
MP3 is at 24kbps

The higher you go, the less slots you can have.. it's all worked out on your upload speed.
My upload speed averages 1900mbps (Cable).

Be wary also, if you gain popularity then your bandwidth usage will go through the roof.
I use RIP (Rest In Peace) to keep duplicate IP's in check (2 duplicates max), plus handle listener-time (Kick after XX hours).
RIP will also combat 'stream-rippers' which you need to protect against.

Make sure also that you are licenced with APRA and PPNZ (RIANZ).

To give you an idea... Using TUC (Traffic Usage Checkers) estimations are that I will go over my 80gb bandwidth allocation by 5gb this month. TUC is a handy tool also as you can configure RIP depending on how much bandwidth you have left for the month (running out? Then lower listener hours.. Plenty of bandwidth? Then make listener-hours higher).

Hope this helps.

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#177180 10-Nov-2008 17:29

ZollyMonsta:
To give you an idea... Using TUC (Traffic Usage Checkers) estimations are that I will go over my 80gb bandwidth allocation by 5gb this month. TUC is a handy tool also as you can configure RIP depending on how much bandwidth you have left for the month (running out? Then lower listener hours.. Plenty of bandwidth? Then make listener-hours higher).

Depending on your set-up, NetMeter (link looks odd, but Google will say the same thing) will do something similar, and does it very nicely.

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