diff --git a/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.cpp b/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.cpp
index eba12d7e2..b0698b29b 100644
--- a/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.cpp
+++ b/frontend/widgets/OBSBasic.cpp
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ bool OBSBasic::InitBasicConfigDefaults()
 
 	config_set_default_string(activeConfiguration, "SimpleOutput", "FilePath", GetDefaultVideoSavePath().c_str());
 	config_set_default_string(activeConfiguration, "SimpleOutput", "RecFormat2", DEFAULT_CONTAINER);
-	config_set_default_uint(activeConfiguration, "SimpleOutput", "VBitrate", 2500);
+	config_set_default_uint(activeConfiguration, "SimpleOutput", "VBitrate", 6000);
 	config_set_default_uint(activeConfiguration, "SimpleOutput", "ABitrate", 160);
 	config_set_default_bool(activeConfiguration, "SimpleOutput", "UseAdvanced", false);
 	config_set_default_string(activeConfiguration, "SimpleOutput", "Preset", "veryfast");
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ bool OBSBasic::InitBasicConfigDefaults()
 	config_set_default_bool(activeConfiguration, "AdvOut", "FFOutputToFile", true);
 	config_set_default_string(activeConfiguration, "AdvOut", "FFFilePath", GetDefaultVideoSavePath().c_str());
 	config_set_default_string(activeConfiguration, "AdvOut", "FFExtension", "mp4");
-	config_set_default_uint(activeConfiguration, "AdvOut", "FFVBitrate", 2500);
+	config_set_default_uint(activeConfiguration, "AdvOut", "FFVBitrate", 6000);
 	config_set_default_uint(activeConfiguration, "AdvOut", "FFVGOPSize", 250);
 	config_set_default_bool(activeConfiguration, "AdvOut", "FFUseRescale", false);
 	config_set_default_bool(activeConfiguration, "AdvOut", "FFIgnoreCompat", false);
diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-av1.c b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-av1.c
index 6ca582ea8..51e7578fc 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-av1.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-av1.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static bool av1_encode(void *data, struct encoder_frame *frame, struct encoder_p
 
 void av1_defaults(obs_data_t *settings)
 {
-	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "bitrate", 2500);
+	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "bitrate", 6000);
 	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "keyint_sec", 0);
 	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "cqp", 50);
 	obs_data_set_default_string(settings, "rate_control", "CBR");
diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-nvenc.c b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-nvenc.c
index 573d048cc..256513980 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-nvenc.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/obs-ffmpeg-nvenc.c
@@ -409,8 +409,8 @@ enum codec_type {
 
 static void nvenc_defaults_base(enum codec_type codec, obs_data_t *settings)
 {
-	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "bitrate", 2500);
-	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "max_bitrate", 5000);
+	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "bitrate", 5000);
+	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "max_bitrate", 6000);
 	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "keyint_sec", 0);
 	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "cqp", 20);
 	obs_data_set_default_string(settings, "rate_control", "CBR");
diff --git a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/texture-amf.cpp b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/texture-amf.cpp
index 49e67c08e..7013df62d 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/texture-amf.cpp
+++ b/plugins/obs-ffmpeg/texture-amf.cpp
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ static void check_texture_encode_capability(obs_encoder_t *encoder, amf_codec_ty
 static void amf_avc_defaults(obs_data_t *settings)
 {
 	obs_data_set_default_string(settings, "rate_control", "CBR");
-	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "bitrate", 2500);
+	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "bitrate", 6000);
 	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "cqp", 20);
 	obs_data_set_default_string(settings, "preset", "quality");
 	obs_data_set_default_string(settings, "profile", "high");
@@ -2492,7 +2492,7 @@ try {
  * frame rate. */
 static void amf_av1_defaults(obs_data_t *settings)
 {
-	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "bitrate", 2500);
+	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "bitrate", 6000);
 	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "cqp", 20);
 	obs_data_set_default_string(settings, "rate_control", "CBR");
 	obs_data_set_default_string(settings, "preset", "highQuality");
diff --git a/plugins/obs-qsv11/obs-qsv11.c b/plugins/obs-qsv11/obs-qsv11.c
index 7b9a5f8b6..bafb136f7 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-qsv11/obs-qsv11.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-qsv11/obs-qsv11.c
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ static void obs_qsv_destroy(void *data)
 static void obs_qsv_defaults(obs_data_t *settings, int ver, enum qsv_codec codec)
 {
 	obs_data_set_default_string(settings, "target_usage", "TU4");
-	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "bitrate", 2500);
-	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "max_bitrate", 3000);
+	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "bitrate", 5000);
+	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "max_bitrate", 6000);
 	obs_data_set_default_string(settings, "profile", codec == QSV_CODEC_AVC ? "high" : "main");
 	obs_data_set_default_string(settings, "rate_control", "CBR");
 
diff --git a/plugins/obs-x264/obs-x264.c b/plugins/obs-x264/obs-x264.c
index a6e972c76..3bd44c21f 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-x264/obs-x264.c
+++ b/plugins/obs-x264/obs-x264.c
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ static void obs_x264_destroy(void *data)
 
 static void obs_x264_defaults(obs_data_t *settings)
 {
-	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "bitrate", 2500);
+	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "bitrate", 6000);
 	obs_data_set_default_bool(settings, "use_bufsize", false);
-	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "buffer_size", 2500);
+	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "buffer_size", 6000);
 	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "keyint_sec", 0);
 	obs_data_set_default_int(settings, "crf", 23);
 #ifdef ENABLE_VFR