diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs
index 68602c80d..1e99a9ee3 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs
@@ -1671,7 +1671,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
 
             if (audioBitrate.HasValue && !EncodingHelper.LosslessAudioCodecs.Contains(state.ActualOutputAudioCodec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                var vbrParam = _encodingHelper.GetAudioVbrModeParam(audioCodec, audioBitrate.Value / (audioChannels ?? 2));
+                var vbrParam = _encodingHelper.GetAudioVbrModeParam(audioCodec, audioBitrate.Value, audioChannels ?? 2);
                 if (_encodingOptions.EnableAudioVbr && vbrParam is not null)
                 {
                     audioTranscodeParams += vbrParam;
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         var bitrate = state.OutputAudioBitrate;
         if (bitrate.HasValue && !EncodingHelper.LosslessAudioCodecs.Contains(actualOutputAudioCodec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
         {
-            var vbrParam = _encodingHelper.GetAudioVbrModeParam(audioCodec, bitrate.Value / (channels ?? 2));
+            var vbrParam = _encodingHelper.GetAudioVbrModeParam(audioCodec, bitrate.Value, channels ?? 2);
             if (_encodingOptions.EnableAudioVbr && vbrParam is not null)
             {
                 args += vbrParam;
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index 9d7d2fd12..a122f3d19 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -2586,8 +2586,9 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             return 128000 * (outputAudioChannels ?? audioStream.Channels ?? 2);
         }
 
-        public string GetAudioVbrModeParam(string encoder, int bitratePerChannel)
+        public string GetAudioVbrModeParam(string encoder, int bitrate, int channels)
         {
+            var bitratePerChannel = bitrate / channels;
             if (string.Equals(encoder, "libfdk_aac", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
                 return " -vbr:a " + bitratePerChannel switch
@@ -2602,14 +2603,26 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
             if (string.Equals(encoder, "libmp3lame", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                return " -qscale:a " + bitratePerChannel switch
+                // lame's VBR is only good for a certain bitrate range
+                // For very low and very high bitrate, use abr mode
+                if (bitratePerChannel is < 122500 and > 48000)
                 {
-                    < 48000 => "8",
-                    < 64000 => "6",
-                    < 88000 => "4",
-                    < 112000 => "2",
-                    _ => "0"
-                };
+                    return " -qscale:a " + bitratePerChannel switch
+                    {
+                        < 64000 => "6",
+                        < 88000 => "4",
+                        < 112000 => "2",
+                        _ => "0"
+                    };
+                }
+
+                return " -abr:a 1" + " -b:a " + bitrate;
+            }
+
+            if (string.Equals(encoder, "aac_at", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                // aac_at's CVBR mode
+                return " -aac_at_mode:a 2" + " -b:a " + bitrate;
             }
 
             if (string.Equals(encoder, "libvorbis", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
@@ -6962,7 +6975,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
             var bitrate = state.OutputAudioBitrate;
             if (bitrate.HasValue && !LosslessAudioCodecs.Contains(codec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                var vbrParam = GetAudioVbrModeParam(codec, bitrate.Value / (channels ?? 2));
+                var vbrParam = GetAudioVbrModeParam(codec, bitrate.Value, channels ?? 2);
                 if (encodingOptions.EnableAudioVbr && vbrParam is not null)
                 {
                     args += vbrParam;
@@ -6993,7 +7006,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
             if (bitrate.HasValue && !LosslessAudioCodecs.Contains(outputCodec, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
-                var vbrParam = GetAudioVbrModeParam(GetAudioEncoder(state), bitrate.Value / (channels ?? 2));
+                var vbrParam = GetAudioVbrModeParam(GetAudioEncoder(state), bitrate.Value, channels ?? 2);
                 if (encodingOptions.EnableAudioVbr && vbrParam is not null)
                 {
                     audioTranscodeParams.Add(vbrParam);