Premium Streaming vs Basic Streaming
There are a few critical differences between the Premium Streaming and the Basic Streaming:
| Premium Streaming | Basic Streaming | |
|---|---|---|
| Eligibility | Pro subscribers only | Free users |
| Frame rate | Up to 25 FPS (frames per second) | Up to 5 FPS (frames per second) |
| Throttle | Always available. No any throttle or limitation. | Throttled for 30 seconds every minute * |
- The Basic Streaming plays the video for up to 30 seconds at a time. You will need to wait for another 30 seconds before you can resume the video.
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The Premium Streaming in Obico is based on H.264 video encoding, which is highly efficient in network bandwidth.
Whereas the streaming in OctoPrint is based on M-JPEG encoding, which uses 5x more network bandwidth and mobile data.
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The Premium Streaming uses a great amount of resources on the Obico Server, such as the cloud storage and the network bandwidth. This is why we can make it available only to the Pro subscribers.