diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/HTTPLiveSource.cpp b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/HTTPLiveSource.cpp
index 3fffdc1a..5027e01 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/HTTPLiveSource.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/HTTPLiveSource.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <media/stagefright/MediaErrors.h>
 #include <media/stagefright/MetaData.h>
 #include <media/stagefright/MediaDefs.h>
+#include <media/stagefright/Utils.h>
 
 namespace android {
 
@@ -100,26 +101,38 @@
 void NuPlayer::HTTPLiveSource::start() {
 }
 
-sp<AMessage> NuPlayer::HTTPLiveSource::getFormat(bool audio) {
-    sp<AMessage> format;
-    status_t err = -EWOULDBLOCK;
+sp<MetaData> NuPlayer::HTTPLiveSource::getFormatMeta(bool audio) {
+    sp<MetaData> meta;
     if (mLiveSession != NULL) {
-        err = mLiveSession->getStreamFormat(
+        mLiveSession->getStreamFormatMeta(
                 audio ? LiveSession::STREAMTYPE_AUDIO
                       : LiveSession::STREAMTYPE_VIDEO,
-                &format);
+                &meta);
     }
 
+    return meta;
+}
+
+sp<AMessage> NuPlayer::HTTPLiveSource::getFormat(bool audio) {
+    sp<MetaData> meta;
+    status_t err = -EWOULDBLOCK;
+    if (mLiveSession != NULL) {
+        err = mLiveSession->getStreamFormatMeta(
+                audio ? LiveSession::STREAMTYPE_AUDIO
+                      : LiveSession::STREAMTYPE_VIDEO,
+                &meta);
+    }
+
+    sp<AMessage> format;
     if (err == -EWOULDBLOCK) {
         format = new AMessage();
         format->setInt32("err", err);
         return format;
     }
 
-    if (err != OK) {
+    if (err != OK || convertMetaDataToMessage(meta, &format) != OK) {
         return NULL;
     }
-
     return format;
 }
 
diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/HTTPLiveSource.h b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/HTTPLiveSource.h
index 9e0ec2f..574937d 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/HTTPLiveSource.h
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/nuplayer/HTTPLiveSource.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     virtual void start();
 
     virtual status_t dequeueAccessUnit(bool audio, sp<ABuffer> *accessUnit);
+    virtual sp<MetaData> getFormatMeta(bool audio);
     virtual sp<AMessage> getFormat(bool audio);
 
     virtual status_t feedMoreTSData();
diff --git a/media/libstagefright/httplive/LiveSession.cpp b/media/libstagefright/httplive/LiveSession.cpp
index cebf95c..7abc019 100644
--- a/media/libstagefright/httplive/LiveSession.cpp
+++ b/media/libstagefright/httplive/LiveSession.cpp
@@ -467,28 +467,28 @@
     return err;
 }
 
-status_t LiveSession::getStreamFormat(StreamType stream, sp<AMessage> *format) {
+status_t LiveSession::getStreamFormatMeta(StreamType stream, sp<MetaData> *meta) {
     if (!(mStreamMask & stream)) {
         return UNKNOWN_ERROR;
     }
 
     sp<AnotherPacketSource> packetSource = mPacketSources.valueFor(stream);
 
-    sp<MetaData> meta = packetSource->getFormat();
+    *meta = packetSource->getFormat();
 
-    if (meta == NULL) {
+    if (*meta == NULL) {
         return -EWOULDBLOCK;
     }
 
     if (stream == STREAMTYPE_AUDIO) {
         // set AAC input buffer size to 32K bytes (256kbps x 1sec)
-        meta->setInt32(kKeyMaxInputSize, 32 * 1024);
+        (*meta)->setInt32(kKeyMaxInputSize, 32 * 1024);
     } else if (stream == STREAMTYPE_VIDEO) {
-        meta->setInt32(kKeyMaxWidth, mMaxWidth);
-        meta->setInt32(kKeyMaxHeight, mMaxHeight);
+        (*meta)->setInt32(kKeyMaxWidth, mMaxWidth);
+        (*meta)->setInt32(kKeyMaxHeight, mMaxHeight);
     }
 
-    return convertMetaDataToMessage(meta, format);
+    return OK;
 }
 
 sp<HTTPDownloader> LiveSession::getHTTPDownloader() {
diff --git a/media/libstagefright/httplive/LiveSession.h b/media/libstagefright/httplive/LiveSession.h
index 90d56d0..b600eba 100644
--- a/media/libstagefright/httplive/LiveSession.h
+++ b/media/libstagefright/httplive/LiveSession.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     int64_t calculateMediaTimeUs(int64_t firstTimeUs, int64_t timeUs, int32_t discontinuitySeq);
     status_t dequeueAccessUnit(StreamType stream, sp<ABuffer> *accessUnit);
 
-    status_t getStreamFormat(StreamType stream, sp<AMessage> *format);
+    status_t getStreamFormatMeta(StreamType stream, sp<MetaData> *meta);
 
     sp<HTTPDownloader> getHTTPDownloader();