diff --git a/modules/demux/adaptive/playlist/CodecDescription.cpp b/modules/demux/adaptive/playlist/CodecDescription.cpp
index 52f49a18921c4142be8ecaa81531b5bc99866c03..9261c2f24c2cad8e405f1681eafa0a0256c06a29 100644
--- a/modules/demux/adaptive/playlist/CodecDescription.cpp
+++ b/modules/demux/adaptive/playlist/CodecDescription.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@ void CodecDescription::setSampleRate(const Rate &r)
     fmt.audio.i_rate = r.num();
 }
 
+void CodecDescription::setChannelsCount(unsigned c)
+{
+    fmt.audio.i_channels = c;
+}
+
 CodecDescriptionList::CodecDescriptionList()
 {
 
diff --git a/modules/demux/adaptive/playlist/CodecDescription.hpp b/modules/demux/adaptive/playlist/CodecDescription.hpp
index c6cd4c650fcc22dd2819925a1fa4a25aaf661e33..47fd6a0635173a72f17b4ff27b1b78bdced0fa81 100644
--- a/modules/demux/adaptive/playlist/CodecDescription.hpp
+++ b/modules/demux/adaptive/playlist/CodecDescription.hpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ namespace adaptive
                 void setAspectRatio(const AspectRatio &);
                 void setFrameRate(const Rate &);
                 void setSampleRate(const Rate &);
+                void setChannelsCount(unsigned);
 
             protected:
                 es_format_t fmt;
diff --git a/modules/demux/adaptive/test/playlist/M3U8.cpp b/modules/demux/adaptive/test/playlist/M3U8.cpp
index a863be79f088291ef26b7471c90fc2aeace4fd78..928becb764ff34631d90c9d567347071bb1df703 100644
--- a/modules/demux/adaptive/test/playlist/M3U8.cpp
+++ b/modules/demux/adaptive/test/playlist/M3U8.cpp
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ int M3U8MasterPlaylist_test()
             Expect(fmt->i_codec == fns.getFmt()->i_codec);
             Expect(fmt->i_profile == fns.getFmt()->i_profile);
             Expect(fmt->i_cat == AUDIO_ES);
+            Expect(fmt->audio.i_channels == 2);
 
             delete m3u;
         }
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ int M3U8MasterPlaylist_test()
                 Expect(fmt != nullptr);
                 Expect(fmt->i_codec == fns.getFmt()->i_codec);
                 Expect(fmt->i_cat == AUDIO_ES);
+                Expect(fmt->audio.i_channels == 2);
             }
 
             {
diff --git a/modules/demux/hls/playlist/HLSRepresentation.cpp b/modules/demux/hls/playlist/HLSRepresentation.cpp
index 238f5265666a13b2644e92936182f069ebc7b91f..09fe22d515ce6ebc0f163f0003aab2882f1c12ad 100644
--- a/modules/demux/hls/playlist/HLSRepresentation.cpp
+++ b/modules/demux/hls/playlist/HLSRepresentation.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ HLSRepresentation::HLSRepresentation  ( BaseAdaptationSet *set ) :
     lastUpdateTime = 0;
     targetDuration = 0;
     streamFormat = StreamFormat::Type::Unknown;
+    channels = 0;
 }
 
 HLSRepresentation::~HLSRepresentation ()
@@ -178,6 +179,21 @@ bool HLSRepresentation::canNoLongerUpdate() const
     return updateFailureCount > MAX_UPDATE_FAILED_UPDATE_COUNT;
 }
 
+void HLSRepresentation::setChannelsCount(unsigned c)
+{
+    channels = c;
+}
+
+CodecDescription * HLSRepresentation::makeCodecDescription(const std::string &s) const
+{
+    CodecDescription *desc = BaseRepresentation::makeCodecDescription(s);
+    if(desc)
+    {
+        desc->setChannelsCount(channels);
+    }
+    return desc;
+}
+
 uint64_t HLSRepresentation::translateSegmentNumber(uint64_t num, const BaseRepresentation *from) const
 {
     if(targetDuration == static_cast<const HLSRepresentation *>(from)->targetDuration)
diff --git a/modules/demux/hls/playlist/HLSRepresentation.hpp b/modules/demux/hls/playlist/HLSRepresentation.hpp
index f60113f0bebfe56fa3a50a083f50af15228f3b90..d3955841341fb8c8c1734389f6da033e050d52b0 100644
--- a/modules/demux/hls/playlist/HLSRepresentation.hpp
+++ b/modules/demux/hls/playlist/HLSRepresentation.hpp
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ namespace hls
                 virtual bool canNoLongerUpdate() const override;
 
                 virtual uint64_t translateSegmentNumber(uint64_t, const BaseRepresentation *) const override;
+                virtual CodecDescription * makeCodecDescription(const std::string &) const override;
+
+                void setChannelsCount(unsigned);
 
             protected:
                 time_t targetDuration;
@@ -66,6 +69,7 @@ namespace hls
                 bool b_loaded;
                 unsigned updateFailureCount;
                 mtime_t lastUpdateTime;
+                unsigned channels;
         };
     }
 }
diff --git a/modules/demux/hls/playlist/Parser.cpp b/modules/demux/hls/playlist/Parser.cpp
index c007286b5c46da4393ba4a5770b7553928785827..9d1dd5d5bd3c08f15ca27b4d4fa2d406ef2a58a0 100644
--- a/modules/demux/hls/playlist/Parser.cpp
+++ b/modules/demux/hls/playlist/Parser.cpp
@@ -160,10 +160,17 @@ void M3U8Parser::createAndFillRepresentation(vlc_object_t *p_obj, BaseAdaptation
     }
 }
 
-void M3U8Parser::fillRepresentationFromMediainfo(const AttributesTag *,
+void M3U8Parser::fillRepresentationFromMediainfo(const AttributesTag *mediatag,
                                                  const std::string &type,
                                                  HLSRepresentation *rep)
 {
+    if(type == "AUDIO")
+    {
+        const Attribute *channelsAttr = mediatag->getAttributeByName("CHANNELS");
+        if(channelsAttr)
+            rep->setChannelsCount(std::atoi(channelsAttr->quotedString().c_str()));
+    }
+
     if(type != "AUDIO" && type != "VIDEO" && type != "SUBTITLES")
     {
         rep->streamFormat = StreamFormat(StreamFormat::Type::Unsupported);