# Feature Request: Limit Friends Streaming in amount

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-limit-friends-streaming-in-amount/94634>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [February 23, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-limit-friends-streaming-in-amount/94634 "2015-02-23T14:43:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![tenki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@tenki](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tenki)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-limit-friends-streaming-in-amount/94634/1 "2015-02-23T14:43:55Z")

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It would be very nice if I had the option to limit the streaming for my friends not by bitrate but by the amount of users.

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As excample:

I know that my friends stream with 3mbit/s settings. So it would be very nice if I have the option that only three streams on the same time are allowed. If a fourth user like to stream he should get a message that all stream slots are in use. So it can be ensured that currently streams works without any issue.

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Regards

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**Author:** ![pruitt62](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/pruitt62/32/5104_2.png) [@pruitt62](https://forums.plex.tv/u/pruitt62)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-limit-friends-streaming-in-amount/94634/2 "2015-02-23T17:14:38Z")

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I'll vote for anything that gives the Server better control of what Clients can do with it. I actually made same this suggestion a year or so ago in one of the big ongoing threads in this forum concerning limiting Client bandwidth usage, as a possible alternative, so I'd be fine with this. lol

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**Author:** ![malice890](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/malice890/32/8883_2.png) [@malice890](https://forums.plex.tv/u/malice890)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 6:59am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-limit-friends-streaming-in-amount/94634/3 "2015-03-14T06:59:43Z")

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i would be down with this, but also take one more step, only 1 stream per user.. so if your friend gives his username and password to someone else to access your server it will kick off the oldest stream with a message of "new stream started" or something.&nbsp; kind of like what sling does with their tv service.

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**Author:** ![drzoidberg33](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/drzoidberg33/32/4184_2.png) [@drzoidberg33](https://forums.plex.tv/u/drzoidberg33)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 7:58am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-limit-friends-streaming-in-amount/94634/4 "2015-03-14T07:58:42Z")

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Please vote for this here [https://forums.plex.tv/index.php?/topic/80857-](https://forums.plex.tv/index.php?/topic/80857-)[Popular]-Server-Side-Speed-Limits/Caps-for-Shared/Subscribed-Users  
  
  
Not good having these requests split up between threads.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2021, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-limit-friends-streaming-in-amount/94634/5 "2021-01-18T00:45:35Z")

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Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate / implemented (`Settings` \> `Server` \> `Network` \> `Remote streams allowed per user`)

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 12:46am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-limit-friends-streaming-in-amount/94634/6 "2021-06-10T00:46:11Z")

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