diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/TranscodingThrottler.cs b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/TranscodingThrottler.cs
index ece4550095..a7d53cd447 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/TranscodingThrottler.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Api/Playback/TranscodingThrottler.cs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Api.Playback
 
             var options = GetOptions();
 
-            if (options.EnableThrottling && IsThrottleAllowed(_job, options.ThrottleThresholdSeconds))
+            if (options.EnableThrottling && IsThrottleAllowed(_job, options.ThrottleDelaySeconds))
             {
                 PauseTranscoding();
             }
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs
index b41ad7eb0c..516d00ee6d 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Configuration/EncodingOptions.cs
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Configuration
         public double DownMixAudioBoost { get; set; }
         public bool EnableDebugLogging { get; set; }
         public bool EnableThrottling { get; set; }
-        public int ThrottleThresholdSeconds { get; set; }
+        public int ThrottleDelaySeconds { get; set; }
         public string HardwareAccelerationType { get; set; }
 
         public EncodingOptions()
         {
             DownMixAudioBoost = 2;
             EnableThrottling = true;
-            ThrottleThresholdSeconds = 110;
+            ThrottleDelaySeconds = 180;
             EncodingThreadCount = -1;
         }
     }