Users bandwidth priority

Feature Suggestions
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Hello,
I want to suggest some feature that will let you set priority for remote streams and users. What I mean is some kind of bandwidth QoS.

Lets say there are 3 users. User 1 have highest priority and user 3 have lowest priority. Now all 3 users will start some stream so there are 3 streams but your internet bandwidth can handle maximum 2 streams (without any other load) so instead of 3 bad stream with lots of buffering, only user 3 will experience that issue. With additional non-PLEX internet load then also user 2 will experience buffering but user 1 will have uniterupted playback experience due to high priority stream.

I know that there is bandwidth limit but that is not wthat I looking for because its not reliable due to unaccurate files bitrate reading. Also Im not fan of transcoding if its not absolutely nessesarly.

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This. I am considering given a friend access but I don’t want my quality to dip. I have my quality set to maximum, and I’d love for the server to process that and assign any ADDITIONAL bandwidth to friends/guests

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+1 Vote for this

I’d like to see it so the Primary User, me, gets 1st priority at all times. Then you can flag “best friends” who get priority over other users. I’ve got some friends who stream Law & Order or Seinfeld basically all day long. If I could I’d set them for lowest priority so everyone else gets the bandwidth they need for their streams before the 24/7 law & order guy.