# \&bitratecutoff

Viewer-Side Option! ([`&view`](/advanced-settings/mixer-scene-parameters/view.md), [`&scene`](/advanced-settings/mixer-scene-parameters/scene.md), [`&room`](/advanced-settings/setup-parameters/room.md))

## Aliases

* `&bitcut`

## Options

Example: `&bitratecutoff=500`

| Value            | Description                   |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------- |
| (no value given) | video cuts off under 300-kbps |
| (integer value)  | cut off bitrate in kbps       |

## Details

`&bitratecutoff` is a viewer-side parameter. If the total bitrate drops below the specified bitrate (default value of 300), the viewer will auto-hide the audio and video for that stream. It will un-hide once the average bitrate returns above 300-kbps.

{% hint style="info" %}
There is a 3-second delay in calculating the average bitrate. Won't work with viewers that are Firefox/Safari; just Chrome/Chromium, so OBS, vMix, Electron Capture, Chrome. This is because Firefox/Safari lack the stats in VDO.Ninja needed to trigger this.
{% endhint %}

When using `&bitratecutoff` on a room scene, it won't trigger due to a director being in the room with no video, unless they are using [`&showdirector`](/advanced-settings/director-parameters/and-showdirector.md).

## Related

{% content-ref url="/pages/QMRKMsVJuYFuWjb04E4g" %}
[\&cutscene](/advanced-settings/settings-parameters/and-cutscene.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/iiP3u0sKColyFk3VrxlQ" %}
[\&statsinterval](/advanced-settings/settings-parameters/and-statsinterval.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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