diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/VideoHlsService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/VideoHlsService.cs
index 610628ced..5f427146e 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/VideoHlsService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/Hls/VideoHlsService.cs
@@ -86,11 +86,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback.Hls
             // See if we can save come cpu cycles by avoiding encoding
             if (codec.Equals("copy", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                return state.VideoStream != null && IsH264(state.VideoStream) ?
-                    args + " -bsf:v h264_mp4toannexb" :
-                    args;
+                // if h264_mp4toannexb is ever added, do not use it for live tv
+                return args;
             }
-            
+
             var keyFrameArg = string.Format(" -force_key_frames \"expr:gte(t,n_forced*{0})\"",
                 state.SegmentLength.ToString(UsCulture));
 
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/MediaInfoService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/MediaInfoService.cs
index 2bf61f90b..ffe7c50c8 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/MediaInfoService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/MediaInfoService.cs
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
                 SetDeviceSpecificData(item, mediaSource, profile, auth, maxBitrate, startTimeTicks, mediaSourceId, audioStreamIndex, subtitleStreamIndex, result.PlaySessionId);
             }
 
-            SortMediaSources(result);
+            SortMediaSources(result, maxBitrate);
         }
 
         private void SetDeviceSpecificData(BaseItem item,
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
             }
         }
 
-        private void SortMediaSources(PlaybackInfoResponse result)
+        private void SortMediaSources(PlaybackInfoResponse result, int? maxBitrate)
         {
             var originalList = result.MediaSources.ToList();
 
@@ -409,6 +409,23 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
                         return 1;
                 }
 
+            }).ThenBy(i =>
+            {
+                if (maxBitrate.HasValue)
+                {
+                    if (i.Bitrate.HasValue)
+                    {
+                        if (i.Bitrate.Value <= maxBitrate.Value)
+                        {
+                            return 0;
+                        }
+
+                        return 2;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return 1;
+
             }).ThenBy(originalList.IndexOf)
             .ToList();
         }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamBuilder.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamBuilder.cs
index 09d762aae..1e6b7c729 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamBuilder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamBuilder.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Dlna
                 stream.DeviceProfileId = options.Profile.Id;
             }
 
-            return GetOptimalStream(streams);
+            return GetOptimalStream(streams, options.GetMaxBitrate());
         }
 
         public StreamInfo BuildVideoItem(VideoOptions options)
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Dlna
                 stream.DeviceProfileId = options.Profile.Id;
             }
 
-            return GetOptimalStream(streams);
+            return GetOptimalStream(streams, options.GetMaxBitrate());
         }
 
-        private StreamInfo GetOptimalStream(List<StreamInfo> streams)
+        private StreamInfo GetOptimalStream(List<StreamInfo> streams, int? maxBitrate)
         {
-            streams = StreamInfoSorter.SortMediaSources(streams);
+            streams = StreamInfoSorter.SortMediaSources(streams, maxBitrate);
 
             foreach (StreamInfo stream in streams)
             {
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Dlna
                 playlistItem.EstimateContentLength = transcodingProfile.EstimateContentLength;
                 playlistItem.TranscodeSeekInfo = transcodingProfile.TranscodeSeekInfo;
 
-                // TODO: We should probably preserve the full list and sent it tp the server that way
+                // TODO: We should probably preserve the full list and sent it to the server that way
                 string[] supportedAudioCodecs = transcodingProfile.AudioCodec.Split(',');
                 string inputAudioCodec = audioStream == null ? null : audioStream.Codec;
                 foreach (string supportedAudioCodec in supportedAudioCodecs)
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamInfoSorter.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamInfoSorter.cs
index 0cccd8080..293054e5b 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamInfoSorter.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamInfoSorter.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Dlna
 {
     public class StreamInfoSorter
     {
-        public static List<StreamInfo> SortMediaSources(List<StreamInfo> streams)
+        public static List<StreamInfo> SortMediaSources(List<StreamInfo> streams, int? maxBitrate)
         {
             return streams.OrderBy(i =>
             {
@@ -41,6 +41,23 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Dlna
                         return 1;
                 }
 
+            }).ThenBy(i =>
+            {
+                if (maxBitrate.HasValue)
+                {
+                    if (i.MediaSource.Bitrate.HasValue)
+                    {
+                        if (i.MediaSource.Bitrate.Value <= maxBitrate.Value)
+                        {
+                            return 0;
+                        }
+
+                        return 2;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                return 1;
+
             }).ToList();
         }
     }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/HdHomerun/HdHomerunHost.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/HdHomerun/HdHomerunHost.cs
index 638b4b9af..3499fad41 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/HdHomerun/HdHomerunHost.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/TunerHosts/HdHomerun/HdHomerunHost.cs
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.TunerHosts.HdHomerun
             string audioCodec = "ac3";
 
             int? videoBitrate = null;
+            int? audioBitrate = null;
 
             if (string.Equals(profile, "mobile", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.TunerHosts.HdHomerun
                     audioCodec = channel.AudioCodec;
 
                     videoBitrate = (channel.IsHD ?? true) ? 15000000 : 2000000;
+                    audioBitrate = (channel.IsHD ?? true) ? 448000 : 192000;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -346,7 +348,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.TunerHosts.HdHomerun
                                 // Set the index to -1 because we don't know the exact index of the audio stream within the container
                                 Index = -1,
                                 Codec = audioCodec,
-                                BitRate = 192000
+                                BitRate = audioBitrate
                             }
                         },
                 RequiresOpening = false,