# Limit publishing bitrate

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/limit-publishing-bitrate/36265>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [September 25, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/limit-publishing-bitrate/36265 "2013-09-25T21:32:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Carlos\_Manuel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Carlos\_Manuel](https://community.wowza.com/u/Carlos_Manuel)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2013, 9:32pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/limit-publishing-bitrate/36265/1 "2013-09-25T21:32:11Z")

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Hi,

Is there any easy way to prevent an application to receive a stream with a higher bitrate?

eg. I want to limit an application to receive a maximum of 400kbps stream. Above that, the FMLE can not connect and publish a stream.

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:** [September 25, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/limit-publishing-bitrate/36265/2 "2013-09-25T15:44:40Z")

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There is a module to monitor bandwidth, and limit the bit rate of a stream:

[How to monitor bandwidth of published streams](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-monitor-bandwidth-of-published-streams-modulelimitpublishedstreambandwidth)

However this may not work well with FMLE as FMLE will continually attempt to re-connect.

Salvadore