diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 36cb694de..ed178a1ed 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@ _trial_temp/
 /tests/integration/blockchain/files
 /tests/.coverage.*
 
-/lbry/wallet/bin
\ No newline at end of file
+/lbry/wallet/bin
+
+/.vscode
+/.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lbry/conf.py b/lbry/conf.py
index deb9222f2..cc1eaa98e 100644
--- a/lbry/conf.py
+++ b/lbry/conf.py
@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@ class TranscodeConfig(BaseConfig):
     video_encoder = String('FFmpeg codec and parameters for the video encoding. '
                            'Example: libaom-av1 -crf 25 -b:v 0 -strict experimental',
                            'libx264 -crf 24 -preset faster -pix_fmt yuv420p')
-    video_bitrate_maximum = Integer('Maximum bits per second allowed for video streams (0 to disable).', 8400000)
+    video_bitrate_maximum = Integer('Maximum bits per second allowed for video streams (0 to disable).', 5_000_000)
     video_scaler = String('FFmpeg scaling parameters for reducing bitrate. '
                           'Example: -vf "scale=-2:720,fps=24" -maxrate 5M -bufsize 3M',
                           r'-vf "scale=if(gte(iw\,ih)\,min(1920\,iw)\,-2):if(lt(iw\,ih)\,min(1920\,ih)\,-2)" '
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ class TranscodeConfig(BaseConfig):
     audio_encoder = String('FFmpeg codec and parameters for the audio encoding. '
                            'Example: libopus -b:a 128k',
                            'aac -b:a 160k')
-    volume_filter = String('FFmpeg filter for audio normalization.', '-af loudnorm')
+    volume_filter = String('FFmpeg filter for audio normalization. Exmple: -af loudnorm', '')
     volume_analysis_time = Integer('Maximum seconds into the file that we examine audio volume (0 to disable).', 240)
 
 
diff --git a/lbry/file_analysis.py b/lbry/file_analysis.py
index 21dd8df61..179ffbfd6 100644
--- a/lbry/file_analysis.py
+++ b/lbry/file_analysis.py
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ class VideoFileAnalyzer:
             if not {"aac", "mp3", "flac", "vorbis", "opus"}.intersection(codec.split(",")):
                 return "Audio codec is not in the approved list of AAC, FLAC, MP3, Vorbis, and Opus. " \
                        f"Actual: {codec} [{stream['codec_long_name']}]"
+            if int(stream['sample_rate']) > 48000:
+                return "Sample rate out of range"
 
         return ""
 
@@ -304,9 +306,6 @@ class VideoFileAnalyzer:
 
         raise Exception(f"The audio encoder is not available. Requested: {encoder or 'aac'}")
 
-    async def _get_volume_filter(self):
-        return self._conf.volume_filter if self._conf.volume_filter else "-af loudnorm"
-
     @staticmethod
     def _get_best_container_extension(scan_data, video_encoder):
         # the container is chosen by the video format
@@ -410,7 +409,7 @@ class VideoFileAnalyzer:
         # the plan for transcoding:
         # we have to re-encode the video if it is in a nonstandard format
         # we also re-encode if we are h264 but not yuv420p (both errors caught in video_msg)
-        # we also re-encode if our bitrate is too high
+        # we also re-encode if our bitrate or sample rate is too high
 
         try:
             transcode_command = [f'-i "{file_path}" -y -c:s copy -c:d copy -c:v']
@@ -430,9 +429,10 @@ class VideoFileAnalyzer:
             if audio_msg or volume_msg:
                 audio_encoder = await self._get_audio_encoder(extension)
                 transcode_command.append(audio_encoder)
-                if volume_msg:
-                    volume_filter = await self._get_volume_filter()
-                    transcode_command.append(volume_filter)
+                if volume_msg and self._conf.volume_filter:
+                    transcode_command.append(self._conf.volume_filter)
+                if audio_msg == "Sample rate out of range":
+                    transcode_command.append(" -ar 48000 ")
             else:
                 transcode_command.append("copy")