sync updates

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
index 7b18fb379..03106b6e7 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/BaseStreamingService.cs
@@ -729,7 +729,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
                     return Math.Min(request.MaxAudioChannels.Value, audioStream.Channels.Value);
                 }
 
-                return request.MaxAudioChannels.Value;
+                // If we don't have any media info then limit it to 5 to prevent encoding errors due to asking for too many channels
+                return Math.Min(request.MaxAudioChannels.Value, 5);
             }
 
             return request.AudioChannels;