diff --git a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ScheduledTasks/Tasks/AudioNormalizationTask.cs b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ScheduledTasks/Tasks/AudioNormalizationTask.cs
index e912e9f014..24992c44a6 100644
--- a/Emby.Server.Implementations/ScheduledTasks/Tasks/AudioNormalizationTask.cs
+++ b/Emby.Server.Implementations/ScheduledTasks/Tasks/AudioNormalizationTask.cs
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ public partial class AudioNormalizationTask : IScheduledTask
             {
                 _logger.LogDebug("Starting ffmpeg with arguments: {Arguments}", args);
                 process.Start();
+                process.PriorityClass = ProcessPriorityClass.BelowNormal;
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
index 237b537bc3..d71d46c00e 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding/Encoder/MediaEncoder.cs
@@ -1122,6 +1122,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.MediaEncoding.Encoder
         private void StartProcess(ProcessWrapper process)
         {
             process.Process.Start();
+            process.Process.PriorityClass = ProcessPriorityClass.BelowNormal;
 
             lock (_runningProcessesLock)
             {
diff --git a/src/Jellyfin.MediaEncoding.Keyframes/FfProbe/FfProbeKeyframeExtractor.cs b/src/Jellyfin.MediaEncoding.Keyframes/FfProbe/FfProbeKeyframeExtractor.cs
index 570c0b9d03..a0dafb8f19 100644
--- a/src/Jellyfin.MediaEncoding.Keyframes/FfProbe/FfProbeKeyframeExtractor.cs
+++ b/src/Jellyfin.MediaEncoding.Keyframes/FfProbe/FfProbeKeyframeExtractor.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ public static class FfProbeKeyframeExtractor
         try
         {
             process.Start();
+            process.PriorityClass = ProcessPriorityClass.BelowNormal;
 
             return ParseStream(process.StandardOutput);
         }