diff --git a/Data/RenderConfig.cs b/Data/RenderConfig.cs
index a74f879..cf74c32 100644
--- a/Data/RenderConfig.cs
+++ b/Data/RenderConfig.cs
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ public class AudioEncodingConfig
 
     public int AudioSampleRate
     {
-        get => _audioSampleRate <= 0 ? 44100 : _audioSampleRate;
-        set => _audioSampleRate = value <= 0 ? 44100 : value;
+        get => _audioSampleRate <= 0 ? 48000 : _audioSampleRate;
+        set => _audioSampleRate = value <= 0 ? 48000 : value;
     }
 
     public int AudioChannels
diff --git a/UI/Window/RenderConfigWindow.cs b/UI/Window/RenderConfigWindow.cs
index 835995b..8425e22 100644
--- a/UI/Window/RenderConfigWindow.cs
+++ b/UI/Window/RenderConfigWindow.cs
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ internal static class RenderConfigWindow
         
         _forceSoftwareToggle = CreateToggleField(
             ctx, CreateFieldSlot(videoRight), "",
-            true, config.VideoConfig.ForceSoftwareEncoder,
+            false, config.VideoConfig.ForceSoftwareEncoder,
             LocalizationManager.Get("ui.render_config.force_software"),
             "toggle_force_software",
             val => config.AudioConfig.RenderAudio = val,
diff --git a/Util/FFmpeg/FFmpegNativeEncoder.cs b/Util/FFmpeg/FFmpegNativeEncoder.cs
index 3cb19a2..5b3a9cb 100644
--- a/Util/FFmpeg/FFmpegNativeEncoder.cs
+++ b/Util/FFmpeg/FFmpegNativeEncoder.cs
@@ -1536,9 +1536,9 @@ namespace ADOFAIRenderer.Util.FFmpeg
             if (_pAudioCodecContext == null)
                 throw new Exception("Failed to allocate audio codec context.");
 
-            var sampleRate = audioSettings.SampleRate > 0 ? audioSettings.SampleRate : 44100;
+            var sampleRate = audioSettings.SampleRate > 0 ? audioSettings.SampleRate : 48000;
             var channels = audioSettings.Channels > 0 ? audioSettings.Channels : 2;
-            var bitrate = audioSettings.Bitrate > 0 ? audioSettings.Bitrate : 128000;
+            var bitrate = audioSettings.Bitrate > 0 ? audioSettings.Bitrate : 256000;
 
             // Select the first sample format supported by the encoder.
             // Most encoders prefer AV_SAMPLE_FMT_FLTP (float planar).