# Limit on quality of RTMP-stream?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/limit-on-quality-of-rtmp-stream/40695>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [July 22, 2013, 10:03am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/limit-on-quality-of-rtmp-stream/40695 "2013-07-22T10:03:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Kevin\_Van\_Passel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@Kevin\_Van\_Passel](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kevin_Van_Passel)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 10:03am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/limit-on-quality-of-rtmp-stream/40695/1 "2013-07-22T10:03:49Z")

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I was going through the docs, but couldn’t find the answer to this.

Do Wowza have an upper limit to the quality that a live stream can be?

Both for re-streaming and encoding?

The input streams would be \>1080p.

Thanks a lot!

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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:** [July 22, 2013, 5:30am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/limit-on-quality-of-rtmp-stream/40695/2 "2013-07-22T05:30:56Z")

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Hi There.

There is no limit on stream quality within Wowza, bandwidth throughput is usually the limiting factor.

Salvadore

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**Author:** ![Chris\_Trainor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b487fb/32.png) [@Chris\_Trainor](https://community.wowza.com/u/Chris_Trainor)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/limit-on-quality-of-rtmp-stream/40695/3 "2013-07-26T01:02:53Z")

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> Great to hear!
> 
> Other solutions do have this limiting factor so it’s a big plus for professional use :o

We routinely run high bitrate, high quality video and have no issues. The limiting factor is usually bandwidth at the transmit or receive sites.

I’ve hammered Wowza with a 40mbps transport streams and had folks on Verizon Fios watching with no issues. We routinely connect a handful of Insert Studio’s around using our Wowza servers, they’re usually sending us 720p60 at around 10-15mbps all day/night.

–Chris

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**Author:** ![Kevin\_Van\_Passel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@Kevin\_Van\_Passel](https://community.wowza.com/u/Kevin_Van_Passel)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2013, 2:45pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/limit-on-quality-of-rtmp-stream/40695/4 "2013-07-22T14:45:18Z")

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Great to hear!

Other solutions do have this limiting factor so it’s a big plus for professional use :o