diff --git a/UI/forms/OBSBasicSettings.ui b/UI/forms/OBSBasicSettings.ui
index 6e6ab61cf..c6bf8146f 100644
--- a/UI/forms/OBSBasicSettings.ui
+++ b/UI/forms/OBSBasicSettings.ui
@@ -2461,16 +2461,16 @@
                             <item row="8" column="1">
                              <widget class="QSpinBox" name="advOutSplitFileTime">
                               <property name="suffix">
-                               <string> s</string>
+                               <string> min</string>
                               </property>
                               <property name="minimum">
-                               <number>5</number>
+                               <number>1</number>
                               </property>
                               <property name="maximum">
-                               <number>21600</number>
+                               <number>360</number>
                               </property>
                               <property name="value">
-                               <number>900</number>
+                               <number>15</number>
                               </property>
                              </widget>
                             </item>
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main-outputs.cpp b/UI/window-basic-main-outputs.cpp
index 253d8d320..d411065f7 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main-outputs.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main-outputs.cpp
@@ -1910,7 +1910,7 @@ bool AdvancedOutput::StartRecording()
 			obs_data_set_bool(settings, "allow_overwrite",
 					  overwriteIfExists);
 			obs_data_set_int(settings, "max_time_sec",
-					 splitFileTime);
+					 splitFileTime * 60);
 			obs_data_set_int(settings, "max_size_mb",
 					 splitFileSize);
 			obs_data_set_bool(settings, "reset_timestamps",
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
index ddb566c88..af263298b 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ bool OBSBasic::InitBasicConfigDefaults()
 	config_set_default_uint(basicConfig, "AdvOut", "Track5Bitrate", 160);
 	config_set_default_uint(basicConfig, "AdvOut", "Track6Bitrate", 160);
 
-	config_set_default_uint(basicConfig, "AdvOut", "RecSplitFileTime", 900);
+	config_set_default_uint(basicConfig, "AdvOut", "RecSplitFileTime", 15);
 	config_set_default_uint(basicConfig, "AdvOut", "RecSplitFileSize",
 				2048);
 	config_set_default_bool(basicConfig, "AdvOut",