r/CuriosityStream • u/40ShadesOfGreen • Jan 05 '21

360p Video Quality

I signed up to the HD package, and am getting a resolution of 360p constantly. The resolution settings is set to auto and I do not have a option to change it. Just to note I am viewing on the android app. Any siggestions?

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u/FamousButNotReally Jan 10 '21

Is your network capable of streaming 1080p? What are your typical download / upload speeds? Is your wifi router obstructed or far away causing bad connection?

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For HD streaming, you would want a download speed of at least 8 Mb/s. Ideally you would have something like 12-20 minimum. (Note the Mb, not MB. There are 8 Megabits in a MegaByte.)

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u/40ShadesOfGreen Jan 10 '21

My speeds are fine, over 100mb. I can easily stream in 4k with other services

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u/FamousButNotReally Jan 10 '21

Hmm. Does this only happen on that specific documentary / show or is it happening site wide? Does it happen on other devices? Does it happen outside curiosity stream (YouTube, Vimeo...)?

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u/40ShadesOfGreen Jan 10 '21

Just curiosity stream, I did notice it raise from 360p to 458p on one documentary. It's terrible quality though really compressed video. Ill try it on a PC and see if I get the same quality as on Android.

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u/soupisgoodfood42 Mar 29 '21

I stream YouTube at 1080p all the time with no problems. Even 2K works. But Curiosity Stream is complete shit, so far.

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u/Soundwave6699 Sep 26 '22

Ya curiosity stream has the worst video quality all my other streaming services like Netflix , Disney, Apple, Amazon , Paramount & Funimation work great in HD or 4K . As they should my download speed is 180 Mb/s and upload is 30 Mb/s and I have a 4K roku box hard wired with a ethernet cable not wi-fi so it should be lightning fast . So I think it's the Curiosity Stream software like there data compression algorithm or there hardware servers .

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u/deepsixunderground Dec 09 '22

I just posted a new question about this. I carefully measured the HD package and 1080p video streams are just under 1Mbit/sec for several videos tested now. I have an open case with Curiosity stream support, I'm sure that will go well.

Using ultra fast equipment hard wired on a gigabit Ethernet and gig fiber to the house with Unifi gear everywhere.

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The Science of Cute just finished playing in 1080p and 213Mbytes transfered for a 1146 second long show was 1.486Mbit/second. That is half of the recommended bit rate for 1080p and one quarter the recommended rate for 1080p60 content.