What are these options, and how do they differ?
(Not thatyouwould ever need to know, Im sure.)
Frame rate
Lets start with something simple: frame rate.
All video is a collection of individual images, or frames.
Its best to make a run at match the frame rate of the source file when streaming content online.
If your internet speeds can handle it, streaming natively is always best.
Since youre cutting the number of frames in the stream, it can reduce lagging and buffering.
However, it will also result in a jittery image.
You might want to start with the following two options instead.
Bitrate
A videos bitrate refers to the amount of data a video contains.
With video streaming, the bitrate is usually measured in megabits per second (or mbps).
The higher the number, the more megabits per second the video will run.
However, the higher the bitrate, the larger the size of the video.
Video is alargefile format already, and it takes a lot of power to stream those large files.
Even if you have internet speeds that are capable of streaming lossless video files, its horribly inefficient.
Thats where reducing a videos bitrate comes into play.
Yes, this can result in lower video quality, but not alwaysperceivedvideo quality.
However, since the background isnt changing, it just sends one frame, until the image changes again.
Its sneaky, but you never notice.
Of course, sometimes reducing the bitrate too much can affect the quality in a way thats noticeable.
The more you reduce bitrate, the fewer details youll see in your image.
Before you do, however, you might want to consider the following.
Resolution is the measure of how many pixels a video contains.
Even if you do have a 4K TV, dropping the frame rate can be the best first step.
