Streaming High Quality Movies

[nickgrill 5]

I have recently made a video of a vacation with my family containing some drone and Go-pro footage.  The video was made in 4k.  I could not get the 4k video to play so i made one in 1080P and still wouldn't work.  I lowered the bitrate on the video quite a bit and plays fine on my local network but when my family connects from their houses the video quality is poor.  What can i do to resolve this and make the video look good?  would love to be able to stream the 4k  content.  Below is the media info of the movie.

 

Media Info

Video

Title1080p H264

CodecH264

Codec tagavc1

AVCYes

ProfileMain

Level40

Resolution1920x1080

Aspect ratio16:9

AnamorphicNo

InterlacedNo

Framerate24

Bitrate13,963 kbps

Color primariesbt709

Color spacebt709

Bit depth8 bit

Pixel formatyuv420p

Ref frames1

NAL4

Audio

TitleUnd AAC stereo (Default)

Languageund

CodecAAC

Codec tagmp4a

ProfileLC

Layoutstereo

Channels2 ch

Bitrate195 kbps

Sample rate48,000 Hz

DefaultYes

Containermp4

Edited December 31, 2019 by nickgrill

[ebr 16187]

Hi.  It is hard to say but your remote connection may not be able to handle a bitrate that high (14Mb).

 

What is the upload speed of your internet connection where the server is?  What is the download speed where the people are trying to view it?

[nickgrill 5]

Server upload speeds are 40Mbps and remote end is 50Mbps.  What would be a good bitrate to have and still keep the quality good?

Edited December 31, 2019 by nickgrill

[Luke 42083]

Try setting it to something like 3 mbps, then work your way up as you see success.

[nickgrill 5]

I just tried compressing it to 3mbps and the video looks terrible.  How do these guys online compress a whole movie to a little over 2mbps?

[Luke 42083]

How did you try doing that?