There is now a server side parameter to limit remote quality

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In case you do not know, there is now a server side parameter to limit remote quality. It is under:

Settings / Remote Access / Limit remote stream bitrate

This is great and I didn’t know about it, someone told me in Reddit and I am extremely grateful.

Edit: It seems the parameter is very old, but I honestly never realised.

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That isn’t new.

If you set that to 10 Mbps and 10 people try to stream they will all get 1Mbps.

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Not sure who has recently said there’s no server side setting for this, but it’s been around since 2016 (though it does require a Plex Pass): McStreamy and the Brain: How to Take Over the World in Two Easy Steps | Plex

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What you describe is the Internet upload limit, which is for the whole server. The one I am saying is for each stream.

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If the parameter is old, then I apologise. I never saw it before.