# \&totalscenebitrate

Viewer-Side Option! ([`&view`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/mixer-scene-parameters/view), [`&scene`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/mixer-scene-parameters/scene), [`&room`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/setup-parameters/room))

## Aliases

* `&tsb`
* `&maxtotalscenebitrate`
* `&mtsb`

## Options

Example: `&totalscenebitrate=4000`

| Value           | Description                             |
| --------------- | --------------------------------------- |
| (integer value) | max. video bitrate in kbps a scene uses |

## Details

Mainly added to help offer another way to optimize performance and limit inbound bandwidth used, since why not.

This is similar to [`&totalroombitrate`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/totalroombitrate), but `&totalscenebitrate` applies to scenes and faux-room scenes instead. That is, it splits the total bitrate available for playback by the number of videos in the scene. It's a way to keep the inbound bitrate below a certain threshold. If [`&videobitrate`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/bitrate) is also used, [`&videobitrate`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/bitrate) becomes a max limit on any individual video, so you can set `&totalscenebitrate=6000` and [`&videobitrate=2000`](https://docs.vdo.ninja/advanced-settings/video-bitrate-parameters/bitrate), to keep all videos below 2-mbps each, but potentially go lower if more than 3 videos are present.

## Related

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

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

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