# Add- Allow server to specify client default bitrate (UNLESS a client-side default has been set) **URL:** \ **Category:** Remote Access\ **Tags:** server-windows, android-tv, apple-tv\ **Created:** [February 7, 2021, 9:07pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-allow-server-to-specify-client-default-bitrate-unless-a-client-side-default-has-been-set/687989 "2021-02-07T21:07:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![JuiceWSA](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/juicewsa/32/12253_2.png) [@JuiceWSA](https://forums.plex.tv/u/JuiceWSA)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-allow-server-to-specify-client-default-bitrate-unless-a-client-side-default-has-been-set/687989/3 "2021-03-22T17:52:20Z")
> [@Default All Clients to Max Internet Streaming](https://forums.plex.tv/t/default-all-clients-to-max-internet-streaming/440641): > > My server keeps getting bogged down transcoding for no reason because clients have a low default setting for internet streaming. They are all capable of streaming original quality, and since I’ve been converting a lot of my files to x265, the transcoded 720p version ends up having a higher bitrate than the original does in 1080 or 4k. Please please please allow the server to choose to default the client bandwidth setting to original by default and save my poor server. There’s your shot at greatness… Be one of the thousands (that don’t visit forums) of Users screaming for something like this for DECADES. May be another Decade - or two - and just a few more votes… (famous last words). --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.plex.tv/t/add-allow-server-to-specify-client-default-bitrate-unless-a-client-side-default-has-been-set/687989)._