diff --git a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
index f4e8ec02c1..ad1fcc1a11 100644
--- a/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
+++ b/src/components/playback/playbackmanager.js
@@ -1302,6 +1302,10 @@ export class PlaybackManager {
                 return false;
             }
 
+            if (mediaStream.SupportsDirectPlay != null) {
+                return mediaStream.SupportsDirectPlay;
+            }
+
             const container = mediaSource.Container.toLowerCase();
             const codec = (mediaStream.Codec || '').toLowerCase();
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js b/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
index 9ab641e9e7..ee983f6180 100644
--- a/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
+++ b/src/plugins/htmlVideoPlayer/plugin.js
@@ -740,6 +740,10 @@ export class HtmlVideoPlayer {
          * @private
          */
     isAudioStreamSupported(stream, deviceProfile, container) {
+        if (stream.SupportsDirectPlay != null) {
+            return stream.SupportsDirectPlay;
+        }
+
         const codec = (stream.Codec || '').toLowerCase();
 
         if (!codec) {