Streaming Bitrate Calculator

Find a recommended streaming bitrate for a resolution.

Recommended bitrate (Mbps) 6

Formula: Base bitrate per resolution, higher for 60 fps

Step-by-step with your numbers:

1. Values used:

2. Frame rate = 30 fps

4. Recommended bitrate = 6Mbps

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Higher resolutions and frame rates need more bitrate for clean streaming.

The math behind it

These follow common platform guidelines; 60 fps adds about 50% over 30 fps.

1080p at 60 fps suggests about 9 Mbps.

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This is the upload bitrate you send to the streaming service.