diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs
index a641ec2091..225c3a017f 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/DynamicHlsController.cs
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? videoStreamIndex,
         [FromQuery] EncodingContext? context,
         [FromQuery] Dictionary<string, string> streamOptions,
-        [FromQuery] bool enableAdaptiveBitrateStreaming = true,
+        [FromQuery] bool enableAdaptiveBitrateStreaming = false,
         [FromQuery] bool enableTrickplay = true,
         [FromQuery] bool enableAudioVbrEncoding = true,
         [FromQuery] bool alwaysBurnInSubtitleWhenTranscoding = false)
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ public class DynamicHlsController : BaseJellyfinApiController
         [FromQuery] int? videoStreamIndex,
         [FromQuery] EncodingContext? context,
         [FromQuery] Dictionary<string, string> streamOptions,
-        [FromQuery] bool enableAdaptiveBitrateStreaming = true,
+        [FromQuery] bool enableAdaptiveBitrateStreaming = false,
         [FromQuery] bool enableAudioVbrEncoding = true)
     {
         var streamingRequest = new HlsAudioRequestDto
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/UniversalAudioController.cs b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/UniversalAudioController.cs
index 41c4886d4f..4fe2d52daf 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/UniversalAudioController.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Api/Controllers/UniversalAudioController.cs
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public class UniversalAudioController : BaseJellyfinApiController
                 TranscodeReasons = mediaSource.TranscodeReasons == 0 ? null : mediaSource.TranscodeReasons.ToString(),
                 Context = EncodingContext.Static,
                 StreamOptions = new Dictionary<string, string>(),
-                EnableAdaptiveBitrateStreaming = true,
+                EnableAdaptiveBitrateStreaming = false,
                 EnableAudioVbrEncoding = enableAudioVbrEncoding
             };