# Limit remote stream bitrate vs Optimize media

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-remote-stream-bitrate-vs-optimize-media/167307>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [November 16, 2016, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-remote-stream-bitrate-vs-optimize-media/167307 "2016-11-16T06:40:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![VIPguard\_hotmail.com](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/vipguard_hotmail.com/32/106581_2.png) [@VIPguard\_hotmail.com](https://forums.plex.tv/u/VIPguard_hotmail.com)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2016, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-remote-stream-bitrate-vs-optimize-media/167307/1 "2016-11-16T06:40:28Z")

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Hi! All my media who stream over the internet are Optimize by Plex in 720p 4 Mbps… But when I use Limit remote stream bitrate at the same bitrate the Plex server is Transcoding… Why? It’s supposed to transcode just over this bitrate… Thank’s!

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**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 10:46pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-remote-stream-bitrate-vs-optimize-media/167307/2 "2016-11-17T22:46:13Z")

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The streaming brain uses 80% of your limit, so 4 Mbps has a limit of 3.2. You need to set it just slightly above 5 to get 4 Mbps.

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**Author:** ![MikeG6.5](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/mikeg6.5/32/10150_2.png) [@MikeG6.5](https://forums.plex.tv/u/MikeG6.5)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-remote-stream-bitrate-vs-optimize-media/167307/3 "2016-11-17T22:49:57Z")

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@MovieFan.Plex You are saying that in order to get a 4Mpbs stream remotely with OM versions without transcoding we need to have a value of 5.1 for upload speed? That 5.0 won’t work for a 4Mbps file? (80% of 5Mbps = 4Mbps, right?)

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**Author:** ![anon18523487](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@anon18523487](https://forums.plex.tv/u/anon18523487)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-remote-stream-bitrate-vs-optimize-media/167307/4 "2016-11-17T22:51:37Z")

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I don’t know how precise the calculation is so I would set it just a bit higher to ward off any potential rounding issues.

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**Author:** ![gbooker02](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/gbooker02/32/9726_2.png) [@gbooker02](https://forums.plex.tv/u/gbooker02)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-remote-stream-bitrate-vs-optimize-media/167307/5 "2016-11-18T14:30:45Z")

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Some logs and XML info of the relevant files would be helpful in understanding exactly what is going on here. Additionally the values of `Internet upload speed` as well as `Limit remote stream bitrate` would be helpful.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/limit-remote-stream-bitrate-vs-optimize-media/167307/6 "2020-01-07T22:14:11Z")

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