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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A YouTube video with less movement is smaller and uses less data. That’s because the video compression (method for reducing size) stores changes from frame to frame. Something like TV static would take the most space, because every pixel changes on every frame. The opposite – a still image, would take the least amount of space.

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