# \&maxvideobitrate

Sender-Side Option! ([`&push`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/setup-parameters/push))

## Aliases

* `&maxbitrate`
* `&mvb`

## Options

Example: `&maxvideobitrate=8000`

| Value                    | Description                              |
| ------------------------ | ---------------------------------------- |
| (positive integer value) | max allowed video bitrate per stream out |

## Details

Useful if you are a director and you wish to prevent guests from pulling more than 500-kbps (LQ) or 1200-kbps (HQ) when in [broadcast](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/video-parameters/broadcast) mode.

This is NOT the same as setting the target bitrate as a publisher; this is a software-enforced max limit that viewers can pull video streams at. A viewer-side [`&videobitrate`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/bitrate) cannot exceed this value, and it also caps any sender-side default from [`&outboundvideobitrate`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/and-outboundvideobitrate).\
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Please see [`&totalroombitrate`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/totalroombitrate) or [`&limittotalbitrate`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/limittotalbitrate), as well.

{% hint style="info" %}
Set to 600-kbps, 200-kbps, or 80-kbps if the goal is to reduce CPU load also. (2x, 3x, or 4x down-scaling is applied at those bitrate limits).
{% endhint %}

## Related

{% content-ref url="and-outboundvideobitrate" %}
[and-outboundvideobitrate](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/and-outboundvideobitrate)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="limittotalbitrate" %}
[limittotalbitrate](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/limittotalbitrate)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="bitrate" %}
[bitrate](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/bitrate)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="totalroombitrate" %}
[totalroombitrate](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/totalroombitrate)
{% endcontent-ref %}