Does viewing livestreams consume more data than doing so with a normal video?

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Let’s say both the livestream and the video are viewed in 480p. How much data would be consumed in 1 hour for each?

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A video that is encoded as a whole has more compression options, such as encoding the frames backwards. A livestream can’t scan ahead and see what frames are coming in order to optimize their compression. Hence a livestream (assuming same resolution and apparent visual quality) will consume more data.

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