# How to Limit Server to Client Bandwidth for VOD

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-limit-server-to-client-bandwidth-for-vod/38650>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** server-administration\
**Created:** [May 10, 2012, 11:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-limit-server-to-client-bandwidth-for-vod/38650 "2012-05-10T11:06:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rocky\_YIP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@Rocky\_YIP](https://community.wowza.com/u/Rocky_YIP)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 11:06am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-limit-server-to-client-bandwidth-for-vod/38650/1 "2012-05-10T11:06:40Z")

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We allow user to upload their video to have VOD on a streaming server.

I am using the following in Adobe Flash Media Server to Control/Limit Server to Client Bandwidth for VOD:

200000

7000000

However, I find that this code cannot be used in WOWZA (version 2.2).

Is there any setting that I can configure to limit the playback of VOD to 200,000 byte/sec or 1,500kbit/sec?

Best Rgds,

Rocky.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Lanham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c68b51/32.png) [@Richard\_Lanham](https://community.wowza.com/u/Richard_Lanham)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 12:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/how-to-limit-server-to-client-bandwidth-for-vod/38650/2 "2012-05-10T12:58:17Z")

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There is not a way to limit streaming like that in Wowza, but you can use Wowza to calculate the bitrate of video that was uploaded:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-calculate-the-bitrate-of-a-video-on-demand-stream](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-calculate-the-bitrate-of-a-video-on-demand-stream)

Then you might refuse to play it. You could adapt the above to this method of overriding play command:

[https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-override-play-to-control-access](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-override-play-to-control-access)

Richard