How is video bandwidth use calculated?
Bandwidth is a term we use to refer to the total monthly amount of data transmitted each time your video is played. The units we use are GB (Gigabytes). The Video bandwidth is calculated by multiplying the amount of plays, by the size of the videos. Please note this is not the original size of the video you upload but the size of the video after we encode it, which is always smaller.
Encoded Video File Size x Number of Plays Per Month = Video Bandwidth Usage
As an example if you upload a 10MB file, and when we encode it let us say it is 5MB, then this is the data streamed each time that video is played. In this example lets say you had a 300 plays then your bandwidth consumption would be approximately 1,500MB or 1.5GB (5MB x 300 plays).
If you have only uploaded a 10MB video file then you can expect roughly the following number of plays by account per month:
- Professional 50 = 5000 plays
- Professional 100 = 10,000 plays
- Business 300 = 30,000 plays
- Business 700 = 70,000 plays
- Business 1500 = 150,000 plays
- Business 4000 = 400,000 plays
Please note these are approximate calculations and do not take into account partial plays or the data downloaded when the player is initially served.