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Streaming over satellite internet

Satellite links — geostationary or low-orbit — bring internet to places cables never will. They also bring variable speeds, latency and fair-use caps that ordinary streaming wasn't designed for.

Why adaptive quality matters here

Speeds can swing as satellites pass, weather changes or the cell gets busy. Silux Media re-measures every three seconds and changes quality mid-film, instead of buffering.

Respect the data cap

  • Use the data-saver cap to keep every film under a fixed bitrate
  • At 720p a film uses roughly 0.3–0.6 GB an hour; at 1080p about 1.0 GB
  • Watch the bandwidth panel to see exactly what each film used

Questions

Does latency matter?

Not much for films: the player keeps a buffer ahead, so a few hundred milliseconds of delay is invisible.