diff --git a/src/python_testing/TC_AVSMTestBase.py b/src/python_testing/TC_AVSMTestBase.py
index f9618ecc252ded..ec2e8d8638e900 100644
--- a/src/python_testing/TC_AVSMTestBase.py
+++ b/src/python_testing/TC_AVSMTestBase.py
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ async def precondition_one_allocated_video_stream(self, streamUsage: Globals.Enu
             videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=streamUsage,
                 videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                 minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                 maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
diff --git a/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_11.py b/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_11.py
index 7d788e5bdd0b49..7ac952069b582c 100644
--- a/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_11.py
+++ b/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_11.py
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_2_11(self):
                 videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                     streamUsage=aStreamUsagePriorities[0],
                     videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                    minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                    minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                     maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                     minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                     maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
diff --git a/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_13.py b/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_13.py
index 015ca23cab6172..ad18121b3b9670 100644
--- a/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_13.py
+++ b/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_13.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_2_13(self):
             videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=aStreamUsagePriorities[0],
                 videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                 minResolution=aMinViewportResolution,
                 maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_2_13(self):
             videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=aStreamUsagePriorities[0],
                 videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                 minResolution=aMinViewportResolution,
                 maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
diff --git a/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_18.py b/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_18.py
index 727c74181b0cb2..9ee474f3e2748b 100644
--- a/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_18.py
+++ b/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_18.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_2_18(self):
         min_resolution = min_viewport_resolution
         min_bit_rate = trade_off_point.minBitRate
         max_bit_rate = trade_off_point.minBitRate
-        min_frame_rate = min(15, video_sensor_params.maxFPS)
+        min_frame_rate = min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), video_sensor_params.maxFPS)
         max_frame_rate = video_sensor_params.maxFPS
         key_frame_interval = 4000
 
diff --git a/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_7.py b/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_7.py
index 929c21d0e0bb86..e0f6abc405288e 100644
--- a/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_7.py
+++ b/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_2_7.py
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_2_7(self):
             videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=aStreamUsagePriorities[0],
                 videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                 minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                 maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_2_7(self):
             videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=aStreamUsagePriorities[0],
                 videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                 minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                 maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_2_7(self):
             videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=outOfConstraintStreamUsage,
                 videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                 minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                 maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_2_7(self):
             videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=notSupportedStreamUsage,
                 videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                 minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                 maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_2_7(self):
             videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=aStreamUsagePriorities[0],
                 videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                 minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                 maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_2_7(self):
             videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=aStreamUsagePriorities[0],
                 videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                 minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                 maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_2_7(self):
             videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=aStreamUsagePriorities[0],
                 videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                 minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                 maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_2_7(self):
             videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=aStreamUsagePriorities[0],
                 videoCodec=10,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                 minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                 maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_2_7(self):
             videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=aStreamUsagePriorities[0],
                 videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS + 10,
                 minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                 maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
@@ -638,8 +638,8 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_2_7(self):
             asserts.fail("Allocated video streams not cleared")
 
         # start initial frame rate range low and gradually increase
-        minFrameRateConfig = 15
-        maxFrameRateConfig = 30
+        minFrameRateConfig = self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30)
+        maxFrameRateConfig = minFrameRateConfig + 15
         # Try and allocate up to maxConcurrentEncoders. If all these streams are
         # successfully allocated, the next one should hit a resource exhausted
         # error.
diff --git a/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_VideoStreamsPersistence.py b/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_VideoStreamsPersistence.py
index ebac30f3c07194..3c216cf4fc0fd9 100644
--- a/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_VideoStreamsPersistence.py
+++ b/src/python_testing/TC_AVSM_VideoStreamsPersistence.py
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_VideoStreamsPersistence(self):
             videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=aStreamUsagePriorities[0],
                 videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                 minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                 maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ async def test_TC_AVSM_VideoStreamsPersistence(self):
         asserts.assert_equal(aAllocatedVideoStreams[0].videoCodec,
                              aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec, "Video codec does not match")
         asserts.assert_equal(aAllocatedVideoStreams[0].minFrameRate,
-                             min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                             min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                              "MinFrameRate does not match")
 
         asserts.assert_equal(aAllocatedVideoStreams[0].maxFrameRate, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS, "MaxFrameRate does not match")
diff --git a/src/python_testing/TC_AVSUMTestBase.py b/src/python_testing/TC_AVSUMTestBase.py
index 11013bcfcc509e..cd2cb98dc04732 100644
--- a/src/python_testing/TC_AVSUMTestBase.py
+++ b/src/python_testing/TC_AVSUMTestBase.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ async def video_stream_allocate_command(self, endpoint, expected_status: Status
             response = await self.send_single_cmd(cmd=Clusters.CameraAvStreamManagement.Commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=aStreamUsagePriorities[0],
                 videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                 minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                 maxResolution=Clusters.CameraAvStreamManagement.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(width=aVideoSensorParams.sensorWidth,
diff --git a/src/python_testing/TC_PAVSTTestBase.py b/src/python_testing/TC_PAVSTTestBase.py
index 0c3d07d78346e4..7c106be5f04c2a 100644
--- a/src/python_testing/TC_PAVSTTestBase.py
+++ b/src/python_testing/TC_PAVSTTestBase.py
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ async def allocate_one_video_stream(self):
             videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=aStreamUsagePriorities[0],
                 videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                 minResolution=aMinViewport,
                 maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
diff --git a/src/python_testing/TC_WEBRTCPTestBase.py b/src/python_testing/TC_WEBRTCPTestBase.py
index 68022549f74854..c2043b6208a2b6 100644
--- a/src/python_testing/TC_WEBRTCPTestBase.py
+++ b/src/python_testing/TC_WEBRTCPTestBase.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ async def allocate_one_video_stream(self):
             videoStreamAllocateCmd = commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                 streamUsage=Globals.Enums.StreamUsageEnum.kLiveView,
                 videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                 maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                 minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                 maxResolution=cluster.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
diff --git a/src/python_testing/TC_WEBRTC_1_5.py b/src/python_testing/TC_WEBRTC_1_5.py
index d7e762a3951a93..1878396ac5a62d 100644
--- a/src/python_testing/TC_WEBRTC_1_5.py
+++ b/src/python_testing/TC_WEBRTC_1_5.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ async def allocate_video_stream(self, endpoint):
                 cmd=CameraAvStreamManagement.Commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                     streamUsage=aStreamUsagePriorities[0],
                     videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                    minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                    minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                     maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                     minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                     maxResolution=CameraAvStreamManagement.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(
diff --git a/src/python_testing/TC_WEBRTC_Utils.py b/src/python_testing/TC_WEBRTC_Utils.py
index 922c65ca325f3f..deefd573c91546 100644
--- a/src/python_testing/TC_WEBRTC_Utils.py
+++ b/src/python_testing/TC_WEBRTC_Utils.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ async def allocate_video_stream(self, endpoint, devCtrl=None, node_id=None):
                 cmd=CameraAvStreamManagement.Commands.VideoStreamAllocate(
                     streamUsage=aStreamUsagePriorities[0],
                     videoCodec=aRateDistortionTradeOffPoints[0].codec,
-                    minFrameRate=min(15, aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
+                    minFrameRate=min(self.user_params.get("minFrameRate", 30), aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS),
                     maxFrameRate=aVideoSensorParams.maxFPS,
                     minResolution=aMinViewportRes,
                     maxResolution=CameraAvStreamManagement.Structs.VideoResolutionStruct(