receiving, by a media device, a data streaming request;

streaming data comprising video data at a first video bitrate and audio data at a first audio bitrate in response to the data streaming request;

first determining there is a streaming discontinuity associated with the data;

second determining, in response to the first determination that there is the streaming discontinuity, that a measured network bandwidth available for video downloads is lower or equal to a lowest available video bitrate, that a selected bitrate for the video data is equal to the lowest available video bitrate, and that the measured network bandwidth plus a difference between a highest available audio bitrate for the audio data and a lowest available audio bitrate for the audio data is greater than or equal to the selected bitrate for the video data;

in response to the second determination, adjusting the first audio bitrate to a second audio bitrate during the streaming discontinuity, wherein the second audio bitrate is different from the first audio bitrate; and

continuing to stream the data, subsequent to the streaming discontinuity, at the second audio bitrate to complete the data streaming request.