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movies from itunes

  • 12-11-2011 9:37pm
    #1
    malascoile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭


    how long does a movie take to download after you buy/rent it on itunes???


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  • #2
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Depends on your internet connection and the size of the file. HD files are much larger than SD.

    What speed is your broadband?


  • #3
    malascoile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭malascoile


    dont have a clue, its quick enough though


  • #4
    thorbarry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭thorbarry


    http://www.speedtest.net/

    do this test and let us know.


  • #5
    malascoile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 152 ✭✭malascoile


    download speed 2.09 mbps


  • #6
    johnny_ultimate
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,014 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Hmm 2megs isn't the fastest these days, alas. On my 7mbs connection it usually takes between thirty minutes and an hour (depending on file size), so you could be waiting three times that long. Luckily, Apple's servers are super fast so downloads tend to remain at a consistently high speed. You can start watching the film before it finishes downloading, though.


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  • #7
    Voodu Child
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,706 ✭✭✭Voodu Child


    iTunes 720p is about 4Mbps.

    So that means is that a 2hr movie would take 2hrs to download if you had exactly a 4Mbps connection. If you only had a 2Mbps connection it would take 4hrs.

    iTunes SD bitrate is around 1.5Mbps. So on a 2Mbps connection it should take slightly less than the movie runtime to fully download.

    As mentioned, you can pre-buffer, so that you start watching before it has fully downloaded. iTunes should work out automatically when you can start watching in order to avoid more buffering mid-way.

    Also all those figures above are too exact in the real world. You need to allow some leeway because you rarely get your full speed 100% of the time.


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