diff --git a/media/libmediaplayer2/nuplayer2/NuPlayer2Renderer.cpp b/media/libmediaplayer2/nuplayer2/NuPlayer2Renderer.cpp
index e3c9b4b..08e81e1 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayer2/nuplayer2/NuPlayer2Renderer.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayer2/nuplayer2/NuPlayer2Renderer.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include <media/stagefright/foundation/AMessage.h>
 #include <media/stagefright/foundation/AUtils.h>
 #include <media/stagefright/MediaClock.h>
+#include <media/stagefright/MediaCodecConstants.h>
+#include <media/stagefright/MediaDefs.h>
 #include <media/stagefright/MediaErrors.h>
 #include <media/stagefright/Utils.h>
 #include <media/stagefright/VideoFrameScheduler2.h>
@@ -86,6 +88,20 @@
 // static
 const int64_t NuPlayer2::Renderer::kMinPositionUpdateDelayUs = 100000LL;
 
+static audio_format_t constexpr audioFormatFromEncoding(int32_t pcmEncoding) {
+    switch (pcmEncoding) {
+    case kAudioEncodingPcmFloat:
+        return AUDIO_FORMAT_PCM_FLOAT;
+    case kAudioEncodingPcm16bit:
+        return AUDIO_FORMAT_PCM_16_BIT;
+    case kAudioEncodingPcm8bit:
+        return AUDIO_FORMAT_PCM_8_BIT;  // TODO: do we want to support this?
+    default:
+        ALOGE("%s: Invalid encoding: %d", __func__, pcmEncoding);
+        return AUDIO_FORMAT_INVALID;
+    }
+}
+
 NuPlayer2::Renderer::Renderer(
         const sp<MediaPlayer2Interface::AudioSink> &sink,
         const sp<MediaClock> &mediaClock,
@@ -1864,8 +1880,13 @@
     int32_t sampleRate;
     CHECK(format->findInt32("sample-rate", &sampleRate));
 
+    // read pcm encoding from MediaCodec output format, if available
+    int32_t pcmEncoding;
+    audio_format_t audioFormat =
+            format->findInt32(KEY_PCM_ENCODING, &pcmEncoding) ?
+                    audioFormatFromEncoding(pcmEncoding) : AUDIO_FORMAT_PCM_16_BIT;
+
     if (offloadingAudio()) {
-        audio_format_t audioFormat = AUDIO_FORMAT_PCM_16_BIT;
         AString mime;
         CHECK(format->findString("mime", &mime));
         status_t err = mapMimeToAudioFormat(audioFormat, mime.c_str());
@@ -1966,7 +1987,7 @@
         const PcmInfo info = {
                 (audio_channel_mask_t)channelMask,
                 (audio_output_flags_t)pcmFlags,
-                AUDIO_FORMAT_PCM_16_BIT, // TODO: change to audioFormat
+                audioFormat,
                 numChannels,
                 sampleRate
         };
@@ -1998,7 +2019,7 @@
                     sampleRate,
                     numChannels,
                     (audio_channel_mask_t)channelMask,
-                    AUDIO_FORMAT_PCM_16_BIT,
+                    audioFormat,
                     mUseAudioCallback ? &NuPlayer2::Renderer::AudioSinkCallback : NULL,
                     mUseAudioCallback ? this : NULL,
                     (audio_output_flags_t)pcmFlags,
@@ -2054,4 +2075,3 @@
 }
 
 }  // namespace android
-