STREAM CALC - Streaming Media Calculator for iPhone and iPod Touch
Basic Capacity Planning and Budgeting Tool for Streaming MediaHave you ever wondered what kind of network capacity would be required in order to stream a high-quality 1-hour event to 5 million users or how much it would cost? Or, the lowest amount you can charge for your Pay-Per-View content while staying profitable?
This FREE application offers handy calculations for streaming media professionals, CDN account managers, network engineers and content owners that are using a CDN or are in the process of selecting one.
Use Stream Calc to perform CDN capacity planning for live events ("size of the pipe", or peak throughput in Gigabytes per second), estimate monthly data transfer (in Gigabytes or Terabytes), or figure out monthly hosting costs based on traffic.
Features:
- choose between live and on-demand streaming
- calculate monthly data transfer
- calculate peak throughput per event (in Gbps)
- supports multiple units (Gigabytes, Terabytes, Petabytes)
- estimate CDN hosting costs, based on published pricing (source: Advection.NET)
- download latest pricing information (source: Advection.NET)
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On-Demand tab. Enter the number of video clips (or audio tracks) that you expect to get streamed or downloaded per day, average length in minutes and their average encoding bitrate. -
On-Demand calculation. This screen shows you how much data will get sent to users. -
Live Events tab. Enter the number of live events (webcasts) planned per month, expected simultaneous users, event duration and average bitrate.
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Live Events calculation. This screen shows you how much data will get sent to users. It also shows how much bandwidth your CDN provider may have to allocate in order to support these events. -
Recommendation example. Once you have the GBT, you can estimate costs based on your CDN's prices. As a global video CDN, we show you what media hosting plan we have available that supports your needs. -
About screen. Displays version number and email address for general inquiries. Allows you to update the application with our latest prices and media hosting information.