Reorder requested audio channels checks

CONTRIBUTORS.md

@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
  - [nielsvanvelzen](https://github.com/nielsvanvelzen)
  - [skyfrk](https://github.com/skyfrk)
  - [ianjazz246](https://github.com/ianjazz246)
+ - [peterspenler](https://github.com/peterspenler)
 
 # Emby Contributors
 

MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingJobInfo.cs

@@ -274,6 +274,16 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
 
         public int? GetRequestedAudioChannels(string codec)
         {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(codec))
+            {
+                var value = BaseRequest.GetOption(codec, "audiochannels");
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value)
+                    && int.TryParse(value, NumberStyles.Any, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var result))
+                {
+                    return result;
+                }
+            }
+
             if (BaseRequest.MaxAudioChannels.HasValue)
             {
                 return BaseRequest.MaxAudioChannels;
@@ -289,16 +299,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                 return BaseRequest.TranscodingMaxAudioChannels;
             }
 
-            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(codec))
-            {
-                var value = BaseRequest.GetOption(codec, "audiochannels");
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(value)
-                    && int.TryParse(value, NumberStyles.Any, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out var result))
-                {
-                    return result;
-                }
-            }
-
             return null;
         }