diff --git a/include/media/AudioTrack.h b/include/media/AudioTrack.h
index f379ee5..f6646ab 100644
--- a/include/media/AudioTrack.h
+++ b/include/media/AudioTrack.h
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@
     sp<AudioTrackThread>    mAudioTrackThread;
     float                   mVolume[2];
     float                   mSendLevel;
-    uint32_t                mSampleRate;
+    mutable uint32_t        mSampleRate;            // mutable because getSampleRate() can update it.
     size_t                  mFrameCount;            // corresponds to current IAudioTrack
     size_t                  mReqFrameCount;         // frame count to request the next time a new
                                                     // IAudioTrack is needed
diff --git a/include/media/MediaPlayerInterface.h b/include/media/MediaPlayerInterface.h
index cc244f0..26d8729 100644
--- a/include/media/MediaPlayerInterface.h
+++ b/include/media/MediaPlayerInterface.h
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
         virtual status_t    getFramesWritten(uint32_t *frameswritten) const = 0;
         virtual int         getSessionId() const = 0;
         virtual audio_stream_type_t getAudioStreamType() const = 0;
+        virtual uint32_t    getSampleRate() const = 0;
 
         // If no callback is specified, use the "write" API below to submit
         // audio data.
diff --git a/include/media/stagefright/AudioPlayer.h b/include/media/stagefright/AudioPlayer.h
index 912a43c..14afb85 100644
--- a/include/media/stagefright/AudioPlayer.h
+++ b/include/media/stagefright/AudioPlayer.h
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
     void reset();
 
     uint32_t getNumFramesPendingPlayout() const;
-    int64_t getOutputPlayPositionUs_l() const;
+    int64_t getOutputPlayPositionUs_l();
 
     bool allowDeepBuffering() const { return (mCreateFlags & ALLOW_DEEP_BUFFERING) != 0; }
     bool useOffload() const { return (mCreateFlags & USE_OFFLOAD) != 0; }
diff --git a/libvideoeditor/lvpp/VideoEditorPlayer.cpp b/libvideoeditor/lvpp/VideoEditorPlayer.cpp
index 5aeba4f..8d656c4 100755
--- a/libvideoeditor/lvpp/VideoEditorPlayer.cpp
+++ b/libvideoeditor/lvpp/VideoEditorPlayer.cpp
@@ -585,4 +585,11 @@
     return mSessionId;
 }
 
+uint32_t VideoEditorPlayer::VeAudioOutput::getSampleRate() const {
+    if (mMsecsPerFrame == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return (uint32_t)(1.e3 / mMsecsPerFrame);
+}
+
 }  // namespace android
diff --git a/libvideoeditor/lvpp/VideoEditorPlayer.h b/libvideoeditor/lvpp/VideoEditorPlayer.h
index 5862c08..b8c1254 100755
--- a/libvideoeditor/lvpp/VideoEditorPlayer.h
+++ b/libvideoeditor/lvpp/VideoEditorPlayer.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
         virtual status_t        getPosition(uint32_t *position) const;
         virtual status_t        getFramesWritten(uint32_t*) const;
         virtual int             getSessionId() const;
+        virtual uint32_t        getSampleRate() const;
 
         virtual status_t        open(
                 uint32_t sampleRate, int channelCount, audio_channel_mask_t channelMask,
diff --git a/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp b/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp
index 7c4a990..1ab8693 100644
--- a/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp
+++ b/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp
@@ -603,6 +603,19 @@
     }
 
     AutoMutex lock(mLock);
+
+    // sample rate can be updated during playback by the offloaded decoder so we need to
+    // query the HAL and update if needed.
+// FIXME use Proxy return channel to update the rate from server and avoid polling here
+    if (isOffloaded()) {
+        if (mOutput != 0) {
+            uint32_t sampleRate = 0;
+            status_t status = AudioSystem::getSamplingRate(mOutput, mStreamType, &sampleRate);
+            if (status == NO_ERROR) {
+                mSampleRate = sampleRate;
+            }
+        }
+    }
     return mSampleRate;
 }
 
diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
index cd052e6..9ac9105 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.cpp
@@ -1813,6 +1813,12 @@
     return mSessionId;
 }
 
+uint32_t MediaPlayerService::AudioOutput::getSampleRate() const
+{
+    if (mTrack == 0) return 0;
+    return mTrack->getSampleRate();
+}
+
 #undef LOG_TAG
 #define LOG_TAG "AudioCache"
 MediaPlayerService::AudioCache::AudioCache(const sp<IMemoryHeap>& heap) :
@@ -2015,6 +2021,14 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
+uint32_t MediaPlayerService::AudioCache::getSampleRate() const
+{
+    if (mMsecsPerFrame == 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+    return (uint32_t)(1.e3 / mMsecsPerFrame);
+}
+
 void MediaPlayerService::addBatteryData(uint32_t params)
 {
     Mutex::Autolock lock(mLock);
diff --git a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.h b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.h
index a486cb5..9c084e1 100644
--- a/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.h
+++ b/media/libmediaplayerservice/MediaPlayerService.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
         virtual status_t        getPosition(uint32_t *position) const;
         virtual status_t        getFramesWritten(uint32_t *frameswritten) const;
         virtual int             getSessionId() const;
+        virtual uint32_t        getSampleRate() const;
 
         virtual status_t        open(
                 uint32_t sampleRate, int channelCount, audio_channel_mask_t channelMask,
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@
         virtual status_t        getPosition(uint32_t *position) const;
         virtual status_t        getFramesWritten(uint32_t *frameswritten) const;
         virtual int             getSessionId() const;
+        virtual uint32_t        getSampleRate() const;
 
         virtual status_t        open(
                 uint32_t sampleRate, int channelCount, audio_channel_mask_t channelMask,
diff --git a/media/libstagefright/AudioPlayer.cpp b/media/libstagefright/AudioPlayer.cpp
index a8a8786..05ee34e 100644
--- a/media/libstagefright/AudioPlayer.cpp
+++ b/media/libstagefright/AudioPlayer.cpp
@@ -721,16 +721,27 @@
     return result + diffUs;
 }
 
-int64_t AudioPlayer::getOutputPlayPositionUs_l() const
+int64_t AudioPlayer::getOutputPlayPositionUs_l()
 {
     uint32_t playedSamples = 0;
+    uint32_t sampleRate;
     if (mAudioSink != NULL) {
         mAudioSink->getPosition(&playedSamples);
+        sampleRate = mAudioSink->getSampleRate();
     } else {
         mAudioTrack->getPosition(&playedSamples);
+        sampleRate = mAudioTrack->getSampleRate();
+    }
+    if (sampleRate != 0) {
+        mSampleRate = sampleRate;
     }
 
-    const int64_t playedUs = (static_cast<int64_t>(playedSamples) * 1000000 ) / mSampleRate;
+    int64_t playedUs;
+    if (mSampleRate != 0) {
+        playedUs = (static_cast<int64_t>(playedSamples) * 1000000 ) / mSampleRate;
+    } else {
+        playedUs = 0;
+    }
 
     // HAL position is relative to the first buffer we sent at mStartPosUs
     const int64_t renderedDuration = mStartPosUs + playedUs;