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# \&quality

Presets the quality setting for a guest

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

## Aliases

* `&q`

## Options

Example: `&quality=0`

| Value                   | Description                                                               |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `0` \| (no value given) | targets about 1920x1080, depending on hardware                            |
| `1`                     | targets about 1280x720, depending on hardware                             |
| `2`                     | targets about 640x360, depending on hardware                              |
| `-1` (device's default) | useful in allowing the screen share at the same resolution as the display |

## Details

Presets the target resolution for a guest. It is not strict and is less likely to give errors than explicit resolution requests.

If `&quality` is omitted entirely, VDO.Ninja selects an initial quality tier using the device type, available CPU cores, reported memory, and whether the guest is joining a room. The default is therefore not always 720p. The camera and browser determine the actual frame rate unless [`&fps`](/advanced-settings/video-parameters/and-fps.md) or [`&maxframerate`](/advanced-settings/video-parameters/and-maxframerate.md) is set.

Without using `&quality` on the URL a guest can change the "quality" when setting up the camera:\
![](https://2943598173-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MZHXv1G8N0MDxwotaT9%2Fuploads%2Fx0ADFBs3gTNTBORUqQO3%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=be9382f3-1472-4f58-80f1-04d065d28922)

Use [`&width`](/advanced-settings/video-parameters/and-width.md) and [`&height`](/advanced-settings/video-parameters/and-height.md) to get a higher resolution than 1920x1080.

There is a toggle in the director's room guest's invite link customization which adds `&q`:\
![](https://2943598173-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-MZHXv1G8N0MDxwotaT9%2Fuploads%2FHxjH57J04GUsm4epKO1p%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=9ffccd0c-8f78-448c-94f4-bf25e3400694)

## Related

{% content-ref url="/pages/-MbrBM0\_6rweLjhZuPpP" %}
[\&screensharequality](/advanced-settings/screen-share-parameters/screensharequality.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/vqmMSNSbY94Q6IRtz4JM" %}
[\&mediasettings](/advanced-settings/video-parameters/and-mediasettings.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/-MZXRA\_jhvR0aFnq3TUg" %}
[\&width](/advanced-settings/video-parameters/and-width.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="/pages/-MZXQf0lGejWaBjc-y-Q" %}
[\&height](/advanced-settings/video-parameters/and-height.md)
{% endcontent-ref %}


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