diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
index 3f85f3ecf4..c20c9c2c43 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Controller/MediaEncoding/EncodingHelper.cs
@@ -1630,14 +1630,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaEncoding
                                 index = outputSizeParam.IndexOf("scale", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                                 if (index != -1)
                                 {
-                                    outputSizeParam = outputSizeParam.Substring(index);
+                                    outputSizeParam = outputSizeParam.Slice(index);
                                 }
                                 else
                                 {
                                     index = outputSizeParam.IndexOf("vpp", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
                                     if (index != -1)
                                     {
-                                        outputSizeParam = outputSizeParam.Substring(index);
+                                        outputSizeParam = outputSizeParam.Slice(index);
                                     }
                                 }
                             }