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Streaming on a slow connection

Silux Media was built for weak connections: HD at about 1–2 Mbps and playback that keeps going down to about 0.2 Mbps.
Watching: quality, subtitles and the data saver — The player: audio and subtitles, picture quality, the data saver, the bandwidth panel, Play all and downloads. Film footage: Tears of Steel © Blender Foundation (CC BY 3.0).

Tips

  • Set a data saver cap (HD button → Data saver) — it's never exceeded
  • Leave Quality on Auto: it adjusts every three seconds
  • Newer phones and TVs with AV1 hardware get the leanest stream automatically
  • Download before you travel (Downloads)
  • Watch the bandwidth panel to see what an hour will cost

Questions

What does 0.3 Mbps look like?

240p — fine on a phone, and about 0.13 GB an hour.

Last updated 2026-11-12.