iPlayer. A one hour program played uses how much data..

[Morningside]

A one hour program played uses how much data in megabytes?

Reason I ask is that I like to watch a lot of stuff via iPlayer and only have a 40gb download limit and dont really wish to go over.

[rfn]

The iPlayer help pages suggest:

TV

Watching 30 minutes of video may consume between 25MB and 112MB of data depending on your available connection speed.

Watching 60 minutes of video may consume between 50MB and 225MB of data depending on your available connection speed.

[Road2Ruin]

rfn said:

The iPlayer help pages suggest:

TV

Watching 30 minutes of video may consume between 25MB and 112MB of data depending on your available connection speed.

Watching 60 minutes of video may consume between 50MB and 225MB of data depending on your available connection speed.

Really?..........60minutes of video 50MB - 225MB, the quality would be pants. I think they got their figures wrong.

[bigandclever]

I found this...

Typical file sizes for a 1hr programme are:

Streaming (PC, PS3)
Low bandwidth streaming (480Kbps) = 190-210MB
Standard quality streaming (800Kbps) = 320-340MB
High quality streaming (1500Kbps) = 600-640MB
High definition streaming (2800Kbps) = 1.10-1.20GB

Mobile
Mobile streaming (396Kbps) = 160-170MB
Mobile 3g streaming = 120-130MB

Downloads
iPlayer desktop (1500Kbps) = 600-640MB
Windows Media Player (WMV) = 550-600MB
Portable devices (WMV) = 210-230MB

Set-Top-Boxes, FreeSat, TVs etc
Standard quality streaming (800Kbps) = 320-340MB
High quality streaming (1500Kbps) = 600-640MB
High definition streaming (2800Kbps) = 1.1-1.2GB

[Morningside]

Thanks. That will help me pace my viewing.