diff --git a/services/capture/src/capture-manager.js b/services/capture/src/capture-manager.js
index d225dd5..b6af963 100644
--- a/services/capture/src/capture-manager.js
+++ b/services/capture/src/capture-manager.js
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ const GROWING_VIDEO_ELEMENTARY_ARGS = [
   '-c:v', 'mpeg2video', '-pix_fmt', 'yuv422p',
   '-dc', '10', '-g', '15', '-bf', '2',
 ];
-const GROWING_DEFAULT_BITRATE = '50M';
+const GROWING_DEFAULT_BITRATE = '25M';
 const GROWING_EXT = 'mxf';
 // Video essence partition interval (frames). raw2bmx starts a new body partition
 // + IndexTableSegment every PART_INTERVAL frames; this is the granularity at