BBC iPlayer download speed

50Twuncle

I am now in the 21st century - I am connected to fibre
However - my first trial using BBC iPlayer makes me wonder why all of the hype ?
Despite having a 38Mbps connection speed - my download speed from iPlayer is less than 1MB/sec - I expected considerably faster........
Anyone found similar ?

AJXX

You state two entirely different speeds in your OP

MB and MBPS are two different things.

1MB/s is 8 Megabit per second

38 Mbps download speed will result in 4.8 Megabyte per second at full whack speeds

JJ_Egan

You don't say how the IPlayer is connected .

50Twuncle

JJ_Egan wrote: »

You don't say how the IPlayer is connected .

Via the Iplayer app - downloaded from BBC.COM .
Is that what you mean ?

50Twuncle

AJXX wrote: »

You state two entirely different speeds in your OP

MB and MBPS are two different things.

1MB/s is 8 Megabit per second

38 Mbps download speed will result in 4.8 Megabyte per second at full whack speeds

I am aware of this fact - done purposely
I am downloading at less than 1/4 of the available speed !!

KxMx

I've found I player downloads somewhat odd- if I leave the downloading show at the top of the list, I get a speed around 2/3 or 2/4 slower than if I scroll down and hide the downloading show-madness!

I know the speeds are differing because if I go to the top again a much faster speed shows up, before dropping down.

Run a speed test online, it may well be i Player and not your fibre connection.

JJ_Egan

50Twuncle wrote: »

Via the Iplayer app - downloaded from BBC.COM .
Is that what you mean ?

Connected >> how does the app connect . Ethernet or WiFi .
PC MAC TABLET PHONE ???

Have you measured your fibre download speed .

50Twuncle

JJ_Egan wrote: »

Connected >> how does the app connect . Ethernet or WiFi .
PC MAC TABLET PHONE ???

Have you measured your fibre download speed .

Sorry -PC laptop on WiFi and measured at 38Mbps on speedtest - it just does not FEEL that much faster !!

KxMx

Okay if your speed test is coming back as it should (maybe try 2 different ones to be doubly sure) then it'll be i Player.

Try scrolling down the page in the player once the download starts, wait 2-5 mins then scroll up again to see what speed is showing.

I did hear a big update/revamp is due this year for i Player to improve/ bring the general function up to date.

EDITED: by scroll down I mean far enough so the downloading show is not visible.

samanthaknd

Yes Iplayer is so slow sometimes, even when streaming it can be a pain and get the buffer face frequently so I just download from my sky box and watch on there now.

Ed-P

AJXX wrote: »

You state two entirely different speeds in your OP

MB and MBPS are two different things.

1MB/s is 8 Megabit per second

38 Mbps download speed will result in 4.8 Megabyte per second at full whack speeds

Ditto, it doesn't make sense!