diff --git a/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/Audio/FfmpegBuilderAudioAddTrack.cs b/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/Audio/FfmpegBuilderAudioAddTrack.cs
index 184b30f1..5c74e970 100644
--- a/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/Audio/FfmpegBuilderAudioAddTrack.cs
+++ b/VideoNodes/FfmpegBuilderNodes/Audio/FfmpegBuilderAudioAddTrack.cs
@@ -214,17 +214,18 @@ public class FfmpegBuilderAudioAddTrack : FfmpegBuilderNode
         {
             audio.Codec = Codec;
             int sampleRate = SampleRate == 1 ? audio.Stream.SampleRate : SampleRate;
+            
+            int totalChannels = GetAudioBitrateChannels(audio);
+            if (totalChannels == 8 && Codec == "eac3")
+            {
+                args.Logger?.ILog("EAC3 detected with 7.1, switch to 5.1");
+                totalChannels = 6;
+                Channels = 5.1f;
+            }
 
             int bitrate = Bitrate;
             if (BitratePerChannel)
             {
-                int totalChannels = GetAudioBitrateChannels(audio);
-                if (totalChannels == 8 && Codec == "eac3")
-                {
-                    args.Logger?.ILog("EAC3 detected with 7.1, switch to 5.1");
-                    totalChannels = 6;
-                    Channels = 5.1f;
-                }
                 args.Logger?.ILog("Total channels: " + totalChannels);
                 args.Logger?.ILog("Bitrate Per Channel: " + bitrate);