diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamBuilder.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamBuilder.cs
index 410a44776..d9520b2e5 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamBuilder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Dlna/StreamBuilder.cs
@@ -466,7 +466,10 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Dlna
             {
                 if (!IsBitrateLimitExceeded(item, options.GetMaxBitrate(true) ?? 0))
                 {
-                    if (options.EnableDirectStream)
+                    // Note: as of 10.10 codebase, the options.EnableDirectStream is always false due to
+                    // "direct-stream http streaming is currently broken"
+                    // Don't check that option for audio as we always assume that is supported
+                    if (transcodeReasons == TranscodeReason.ContainerNotSupported)
                     {
                         return (directPlayProfile, PlayMethod.DirectStream, transcodeReasons);
                     }