# Stream quality configuration

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-quality-configuration/42063>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [May 30, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-quality-configuration/42063 "2014-05-30T19:35:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kenji\_magto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@kenji\_magto](https://community.wowza.com/u/kenji_magto)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-quality-configuration/42063/1 "2014-05-30T19:35:25Z")

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Hello Wowza, Good day!.. Where can i config the stream quality? or is there any .xml file to config it?..we are using Wowza 4.3 by the way…and also we use smil (e.g mp4:QzeJAUj3bRRR.smil )

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**Author:** ![Daren\_Johnson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@Daren\_Johnson](https://community.wowza.com/u/Daren_Johnson)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-quality-configuration/42063/2 "2014-05-30T22:18:13Z")

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Hi,

The quality is based on the stream you send in from your live encoder, if you are live streaming,

and/or the encoding quality of the media file if doing Video on Demand streaming.

So most all quality improvements are done before introducing the stream or file to the Wowza Streaming Engine.

If you are interested in providing different quality streams for Adaptive Bitrate Streaming take a look at [this guide](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-do-adaptive-bitrate-streaming)

Daren

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Hilton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_hilton/32/437_2.png) [@Jason\_Hilton](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Hilton)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2014, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-quality-configuration/42063/3 "2014-06-20T12:44:28Z")

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Hi,

I assume this is some kind of fault or setting in the encoder itself and you should contact the manufacturer or user guide to see if this can be resolved.

Jason

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**Author:** ![kenji\_magto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@kenji\_magto](https://community.wowza.com/u/kenji_magto)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 7:24am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/stream-quality-configuration/42063/4 "2014-05-31T07:24:34Z")

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thanks :), btw any idea why my encoder keeps dropping like it goes as high as 1095kb/s but after a couple of second it goes to 300kbs sometimes 0kbs?