diff --git a/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/HlsSampleStreamWrapper.java b/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/HlsSampleStreamWrapper.java
index fb1a6c53d9..2b1ec60607 100644
--- a/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/HlsSampleStreamWrapper.java
+++ b/library/hls/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/source/hls/HlsSampleStreamWrapper.java
@@ -1396,7 +1396,8 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.RequiresNonNull;
 
   /**
    * Derives a track sample format from the corresponding format in the master playlist, and a
-   * sample format that may have been obtained from a chunk belonging to a different track.
+   * sample format that may have been obtained from a chunk belonging to a different track in the
+   * same track group.
    *
    * @param playlistFormat The format information obtained from the master playlist.
    * @param sampleFormat The format information obtained from the samples.
@@ -1410,11 +1411,23 @@ import org.checkerframework.checker.nullness.qual.RequiresNonNull;
       return sampleFormat;
     }
 
-    @Nullable
-    String codecs =
-        MimeTypes.getCodecsCorrespondingToMimeType(
-            playlistFormat.codecs, sampleFormat.sampleMimeType);
-    @Nullable String sampleMimeType = MimeTypes.getMediaMimeType(codecs);
+    int sampleTrackType = MimeTypes.getTrackType(sampleFormat.sampleMimeType);
+    @Nullable String sampleMimeType;
+    @Nullable String codecs;
+    if (Util.getCodecCountOfType(playlistFormat.codecs, sampleTrackType) == 1) {
+      // We can unequivocally map this track to a playlist variant because only one codec string
+      // matches this track's type.
+      codecs = Util.getCodecsOfType(playlistFormat.codecs, sampleTrackType);
+      sampleMimeType = MimeTypes.getMediaMimeType(codecs);
+    } else {
+      // The variant assigns more than one codec string to this track. We choose whichever codec
+      // string matches the sample mime type. This can happen when different languages are encoded
+      // using different codecs.
+      codecs =
+          MimeTypes.getCodecsCorrespondingToMimeType(
+              playlistFormat.codecs, sampleFormat.sampleMimeType);
+      sampleMimeType = sampleFormat.sampleMimeType;
+    }
 
     Format.Builder formatBuilder =
         sampleFormat