# High use bandwidth

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/high-use-bandwidth/54366>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [December 23, 2019, 11:38am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/high-use-bandwidth/54366 "2019-12-23T11:38:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Valentim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@Lucas\_Valentim](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lucas_Valentim)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 11:38am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/high-use-bandwidth/54366/1 "2019-12-23T11:38:47Z")

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I have an account at my wowza streaming engine with issue a little bit weird.

For example, the bitrate is 2Mb and have 10 users watch the live streaming so the use of bandwidth is more or less 20Mb/s~30Mb/s, right? But sometimes the use of bandwidth is 100Mb/s with 10 users online with bitrate 2Mb.

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**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/high-use-bandwidth/54366/2 "2019-12-23T19:23:18Z")

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Are you using a SMIL file and doing adaptive bitrate streaming @Lucas Valentim?

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**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/high-use-bandwidth/54366/3 "2019-12-23T19:29:07Z")

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Also, what resolution stream is going out and is this a different stream from case 1 to case 2? Meaning is there more action/motion or bits per pixel (BPP) in one stream vs the other? That can cause a huge jump in bandwidth. Let me know @Lucas Valentim…

Here is an article on how to optimize the video bandwidth:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-optimize-the-video-bitrate](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-optimize-the-video-bitrate)

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Valentim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@Lucas\_Valentim](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lucas_Valentim)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/high-use-bandwidth/54366/4 "2019-12-23T20:35:14Z")

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No, I’m using stream name group.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Valentim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@Lucas\_Valentim](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lucas_Valentim)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/high-use-bandwidth/54366/5 "2019-12-23T20:37:26Z")

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Don’t have more action/motion in the second case and I think is the difference is huge, sometimes reach 200Mb/s with 10~20 users watch and the bitrate is 2Mbit.

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**Author:** ![Cassidy\_Reilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cassidy\_Reilly](https://community.wowza.com/u/Cassidy_Reilly)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/high-use-bandwidth/54366/6 "2019-12-23T20:40:42Z")

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hmmm…ok let me check with tech support to see if they have an idea what it could be or of they need a support ticket.

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**Author:** ![Lucas\_Valentim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@Lucas\_Valentim](https://community.wowza.com/u/Lucas_Valentim)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/high-use-bandwidth/54366/7 "2019-12-23T21:07:50Z")

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Ok, thanks.

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**Author:** ![Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/rose_power-wowza_com/32/431_2.png) [@Rose\_Power-Wowza\_Com](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rose_Power-Wowza_Com)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 4:10pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/high-use-bandwidth/54366/8 "2019-12-26T16:10:45Z")

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Tech support has determined that this will require further analysis through a support ticket @Lucas Valentim.

You can submit one here:

[https://www.wowza.com/support/open-ticket](https://www.wowza.com/support/open-ticket)