Server reducing streaming bitrate to 5 Mbps but I set it to 45. Why?

[Bhakti88 5]

I have my "streaming bitrate limit" under Network set to 45 Mbps. I also have it set to 45 Mbps in the User "streaming bitrate limit". But for some reason it keeps transcoding and reducing the bitrate to 5 mbps for all videos. Why is it doing this? Am I missing a setting somewhere? Thanks.

Edited July 1, 2024 by Bhakti88

[Happy2Play 9781]

1 minute ago, Bhakti88 said:

I have my "streaming bitrate limit" under Network set to 45 Mbps. I also have it set to 45 Mbps in the User "streaming bitrate limit". But for some reason it keeps transcoding and reducing the bitrate to 5 mbps for all videos. Why is it doing this? Am I missing a setting somewhere? Thanks.

Would need to see server and ffmpeg logs but Client playback setting Auto can be conservative on remote connections and fallback to hardcoded values of about that rate but believe it varies slightly across each client.

Personally have all remote user set client to max playback setting and throttle them with the user setting.

[Gilgamesh_48 1240]

1 hour ago, Bhakti88 said:

I have my "streaming bitrate limit" under Network set to 45 Mbps. I also have it set to 45 Mbps in the User "streaming bitrate limit". But for some reason it keeps transcoding and reducing the bitrate to 5 mbps for all videos. Why is it doing this? Am I missing a setting somewhere? Thanks.

Because it can?

[Bhakti88 5]

Seems like the client setting may be the trick. I had the user put their setting to max instead of auto and now it is not throttling or converting. Need to check more files, but so far so good. Thank you.