Does a youtube video with a still image (ex. music) drain as much mobile data as a moving video (gameplay, etc.), and why/why not?

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Does a youtube video with a still image (ex. music) drain as much mobile data as a moving video (gameplay, etc.), and why/why not?

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In theory it’s slightly less. YouTube uses a minimum 4 key frame refresh. So a still image will be at that 4 frame minimum. But it’s not gonna be noticeable. For a still image just manually set the video to the lowest possible resolution. If I’m listening to something on YouTube I just set it to 140p, lower the screen brightness, out my phone in my pocket and hope it doesn’t Jump around.