1 Mbit/s IPTV could be sold

by Hjine

in fact I'm doing it right now restreaming from 4Mbit/s to 250Kb/s (1/4 Mbit) , using ffmpeg/H264 now , and the quality for browser are acceptable , I even tried 480p@660Kb/s and the quality were good even on my 52" TV . At 1Mbit I expect to reach 720P quality with little noticeable differences . those people accept similar quality e.g on remote area or for cellular connection

PickleyPerkleton

I think I can translate this.

"I transcoded IPTV down to 1 Mbit/s and didn't mind the quality on my setup. Perhaps this could be sold by suppliers."

freeforallll

Tf?

xenyz

"good" is completely subjective but objectively you need 4-5 Mbps for 720 and around 10 Mbps for 1080 using h264, going by most web-dl content

bshensky

I've performed this exercise with an HDHomeRun and ffmpeg running QSV hardware assist.

The lowest "reasonable" (subjective) bitrate for h.264 at 1280x720 I can tolerate is ~1100kbps. There's still a lot of artifacting during high motion and scene changes, but it's awesome for watching newscasts.

Running without QSV, the quality is a bit better, but I need the QSV to transcode multiple streams without pegging the CPU.

Still, ditch this and wait for h.265 to become more popular. I now also pipe the HDHomerun streams into TVHeadend config'd to transcode to h.265 at, like, 300kbps, so I can stream 480p across cell networks reliably when I go RVing. A VERY nice option to have on hand.