Horizon Chart
Video Streaming Bitrate Horizon
Streaming quality horizon chart showing adaptive bitrate variations with cyan gradient.
Output
Python
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
COLORS = {
'bands': ['#CFFAFE', '#67E8F9', '#22D3EE', '#06B6D4'],
'background': '#ffffff',
'text': '#1f2937',
'grid': '#e5e7eb',
}
np.random.seed(2929)
seconds = np.arange(0, 600) # 10-minute video
base = 4000
network_variation = 500 * np.sin(seconds * np.pi / 60)
buffering_events = np.random.choice([0, 1], size=len(seconds), p=[0.98, 0.02])
buffering_drop = np.convolve(buffering_events, np.exp(-np.arange(30)/5), mode='same') * -2000
bitrate = base + network_variation + buffering_drop + np.random.normal(0, 200, len(seconds))
bitrate = np.clip(bitrate, 500, 6000)
bitrate_norm = (bitrate - 500) / 5500
fig, ax = plt.subplots(figsize=(14, 3), facecolor=COLORS['background'])
ax.set_facecolor(COLORS['background'])
band = 0.25
ax.fill_between(seconds, 0, np.clip(bitrate_norm, 0, band), color=COLORS['bands'][0])
ax.fill_between(seconds, 0, np.clip(bitrate_norm - band, 0, band), color=COLORS['bands'][1])
ax.fill_between(seconds, 0, np.clip(bitrate_norm - 2*band, 0, band), color=COLORS['bands'][2])
ax.fill_between(seconds, 0, np.clip(bitrate_norm - 3*band, 0, band), color=COLORS['bands'][3])
ax.set_xlim(0, 599)
ax.set_ylim(0, 0.3)
ax.set_title('Video Streaming Bitrate (Kbps)', color=COLORS['text'], fontsize=12, fontweight='bold', pad=10)
ax.set_xlabel('Playback Time (minutes)', color=COLORS['text'], fontsize=10)
ax.set_ylabel('Bitrate (Kbps)', color=COLORS['text'], fontsize=10)
ax.set_xticks([0, 120, 240, 360, 480, 600])
ax.set_xticklabels(['0', '2', '4', '6', '8', '10'])
for spine in ax.spines.values():
spine.set_color(COLORS['grid'])
ax.tick_params(colors=COLORS['text'], labelsize=9)
plt.tight_layout()
plt.show()
Library
Matplotlib
Category
Time Series
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