# \&maxvideobitrate

Sender-Side Option! ([`&push`](/advanced-settings/setup-parameters/push.md))

## 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](/advanced-settings/video-parameters/broadcast.md) 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`](/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/bitrate.md) cannot exceed this value, and it also caps any sender-side default from [`&outboundvideobitrate`](/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/and-outboundvideobitrate.md).\
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Please see [`&totalroombitrate`](/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/and-totalscenebitrate/totalroombitrate.md) or [`&limittotalbitrate`](/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/limittotalbitrate.md), 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="/pages/-MZXYKYAzmk-2IPAChP1" %}
[\&outboundvideobitrate](/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/and-outboundvideobitrate.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/-Mc\_ovh3qRr03xmQCgII" %}
[\&limittotalbitrate](/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/limittotalbitrate.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/-MZdsHq8G6aE\_RlY7fWi" %}
[\&videobitrate](/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/bitrate.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/-MZdvtBaFUhrjd8ttCqN" %}
[\&totalroombitrate](/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/and-totalscenebitrate/totalroombitrate.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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