How big are BBC iPlayer files?

Dreamnine

If I watch an hour of BBC iPlayer on my mobile, roughly how many Mbs will that be?
I ask because I have a data limit, and wonder if anyone knows or can hazard a good guess.
Thanks.

bingo_bango

I seem to remember reading that they are around 600-700Mb each. That's an average though, and will depend on the length of the show and whether it's high or low def.

Bongedone

The mobile version will not be those file sizes. Not sure what size they are myself.

gaming_guy

an hours show is around 200mb for the iPhone/iPod touch version

d900

for a PC an hour is normally 630MB

Dreamnine

Thanks. It's on my Nokia, so I guess it should be the same as the i-Phone.

esuhl

gaming_guy wrote: »

an hours show is around 200mb for the iPhone/iPod touch version

My "unlimited" Virgin SIM has a fair-usage limit of 25MB! Are there any phone contracts that would allow you to download such large files without paying a fortune?

d900

would be madness to do it on ur phone but yes there are contracts just dont abuse them...i have 1 with o2

Dreamnine

£5 a month 'unlimited' add-on on 3 payg. It's around 2GB

payless

Have you tried downloading before watching - ie to a sd card or via wifi so not using mobile data ?

Dreamnine

payless wrote: »

Have you tried downloading before watching - ie to a sd card or via wifi so not using mobile data ?

No. On the N95 8GB, it's just a streaming application unlike the N96 and newer. For quite a long while the BBC didn't want to even allow the i-player app on older phones.

Wi-fi works, of course, but just streaming.