# Limit Friend Quality/Bandwidth Settings

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-friend-quality-bandwidth-settings/103043>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Created:** [May 14, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-friend-quality-bandwidth-settings/103043 "2015-05-14T03:50:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![antsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6de8d8/32.png) [@antsh](https://forums.plex.tv/u/antsh)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-friend-quality-bandwidth-settings/103043/1 "2015-05-14T03:50:06Z")

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I don't know if this is a duplicate, so please remove if it is.

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What I am hoping for is a restriction selection for user/friend quality or bandwidth settings. It would be really nice to limit the highest quality stream that a user can select using their account. Let's say I only have 5mbps of upstream to work with; it would be great to limit on a per user basis, the quality to 3 or 4 mbps.

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This would allow my connection not to get saturated, and at the same time help the user select an optimum viewing experience.

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I know a workaround would be to classify outbound traffic at the router, but in the case where remote users select a bandwidth higher than is allotted to them they would just get constant buffering. By setting an expected limit for remote users in plex restrictions, they can avoid trying to figure out what to set the quality to.

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**Author:** ![hthighway](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/hthighway/32/82003_2.png) [@hthighway](https://forums.plex.tv/u/hthighway)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2015, 4:01am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-friend-quality-bandwidth-settings/103043/2 "2015-05-14T04:01:06Z")

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This is probably the most popular one:

[https://forums.plex.tv/topic/80857-popular-server-side-speed-limitscaps-for-sharedsubscribed-users/?hl=limit](https://forums.plex.tv/topic/80857-popular-server-side-speed-limitscaps-for-sharedsubscribed-users/?hl=limit)

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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:** [March 29, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-friend-quality-bandwidth-settings/103043/3 "2021-03-29T16:54:37Z")

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Early 2021 clean-up: duplicate

> [@Feature request: per user bandwidth limits](https://forums.plex.tv/t/feature-request-per-user-bandwidth-limits/192859):
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> So it has been nearly 8 months since “Streaming Brain” debuted with a global per stream quality limit and global total bandwidth limit, but no enhancements have been made in that time. Now that the base features exist, I am sure many of us think it would be nice if per stream limit could be moved in to the users → friends → restrictions panel just the same way library access is. It logically would seem to fit there, since that is where the other restrictions reside. I want to restrict certain…

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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, 12:45am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-friend-quality-bandwidth-settings/103043/4 "2021-06-10T00:45:58Z")

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