# Screen recording Target Bitrate

**URL:** <https://community.brightpattern.com/t/screen-recording-target-bitrate/360>\
**Category:** Product Q&A\
**Tags:** screen-recording\
**Created:** [March 29, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://community.brightpattern.com/t/screen-recording-target-bitrate/360 "2021-03-29T08:31:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![jgamboa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.brightpattern.com/jgamboa/32/71_2.png) [@jgamboa](https://community.brightpattern.com/u/jgamboa)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2021, 8:31am UTC](https://community.brightpattern.com/t/screen-recording-target-bitrate/360/1 "2021-03-29T08:31:39Z")

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If we lower the target bitrate for the screen recording other than the default 512kbps, can we use 384 kbps? or 256 kbps?

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**Author:** ![greg.luttbrightpatte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@greg.luttbrightpatte](https://community.brightpattern.com/u/greg.luttbrightpatte)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.brightpattern.com/t/screen-recording-target-bitrate/360/2 "2021-03-30T14:54:46Z")

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Jowie, you can, but be aware of the following:

### Target bitrate

This parameter sets the maximum bitrate for the screen recording. It can be used to achieve the desired ratio between the video quality and size of the screen recordings. Note that the service provider may set a limit for the maximum bitrate, which may affect what you can set for your screen recordings.