# Constant Bitrate(CBR) settings in wowza

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/constant-bitrate-cbr-settings-in-wowza/46774>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [March 22, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/constant-bitrate-cbr-settings-in-wowza/46774 "2016-03-22T22:12:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rekha\_Ramesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e47c2d/32.png) [@Rekha\_Ramesh](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rekha_Ramesh)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/constant-bitrate-cbr-settings-in-wowza/46774/1 "2016-03-22T22:12:49Z")

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Hi all,

I am trying figure out the CBR settings in wowza. I am publishing a HLS stream with 10Mbps but I see the output as 14Mbps (variable). Is there any parameter/property to set this field?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![sal\_jefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sal\_jefferson](https://community.wowza.com/u/sal_jefferson)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/constant-bitrate-cbr-settings-in-wowza/46774/2 "2016-03-30T06:45:37Z")

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Hello there and welcome to the Wowza support forum.

As far as I am aware there is no way to ensure CBR other than setting it up at the encoder.

you could take a look at [this forum post](http://community.wowza.com/t/-/684) and try the suggestions, but the results are inconclusive.

Best,

Salvadore