Bandwidth optimized

[Petersonnz (Bruce Peterson)]

Approximately how much cellular data used to play a CD (16/44) in bandwidth optimised mode? Thanks.

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

Minimum network speed (uplink) for Roon ARC?

It depends on whether you want to stream lossy, CD quality, or hi-res. And whether you want to stream from your Roon Server or Tidal/Qobuz, of course. Once you know this, you can quite easily calculate the minimum required bandwidth. Then add some on top to provide headroom when the internet link might fluctuate. This is what ARC uses for streaming from the Roon Server (stereo): Setting Resolution / bit rate Bandwidth required Hi-res 24 bit, 48-192 kHz With 24/192: 24 bits * 2 channels…

[Petersonnz (Bruce Peterson)]

Thanks for your reply.
I understood that when streaming from say Tidal through Arc in “Optimised Mode” this reduces the amount of data for listeners who have cellular data caps. I would like to know how much data this setting saves over streaming a standard CD. Thanks again. Cheers

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

Yes and this info is all in the post that I linked, and the links from there to the documentation

[CrystalGipsy (Resisting the flow!)]

If you look at a flac file that runs at about 5mins your looking at a file size of 30MB a 256 bit AAC file is around 10 10MB for similar length but this can vary dependant on the musical content. Its impossible to say exactkly how much it will save as compression isnt fixed or work the same across all content. But it wll signifcantly reduce it by a 2/3 at a minimum I would say.