diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java
index b1f4734871..1dc5b8cffd 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/main/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/mediacodec/MediaCodecRenderer.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package androidx.media3.exoplayer.mediacodec;
 
+import static androidx.media3.common.Format.NO_VALUE;
 import static androidx.media3.common.util.Assertions.checkNotNull;
 import static androidx.media3.common.util.Assertions.checkState;
 import static androidx.media3.common.util.Assertions.checkStateNotNull;
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ import androidx.media3.exoplayer.source.MediaSource;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.source.SampleStream;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.source.SampleStream.ReadDataResult;
 import androidx.media3.exoplayer.source.SampleStream.ReadFlags;
+import androidx.media3.extractor.DtsUtil;
 import androidx.media3.extractor.OpusUtil;
 import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
@@ -2400,6 +2402,20 @@ public abstract class MediaCodecRenderer extends BaseRenderer {
                       .setEncoderDelay(numberPreSkipSamples)
                       .build();
             }
+            // For HLS-fMP4 and HLS-TS, the bit-rate of the DTS Express stream is not in the
+            // manifest file. The bit-rate has no value at the point of AudioTrack Initialisation.
+            // This will lead to a computed direct passthrough playback buffer size of 2250000
+            // bytes. Some TVs (E.g. Xiaomi A Pro and Q2) do not support such a big buffer for
+            // direct passthrough playback. It will crash at the point of AudioTrack Initialisation.
+            // Here we set the unknown bit-rate to a known peak bit-rate for DTS Express streams.
+            if (Objects.equals(outputFormat.sampleMimeType, MimeTypes.AUDIO_DTS_EXPRESS)
+                && (outputFormat.bitrate == NO_VALUE)) {
+              outputFormat =
+                  checkNotNull(outputFormat)
+                      .buildUpon()
+                      .setPeakBitrate(DtsUtil.DTS_EXPRESS_MAX_RATE_BITS_PER_SECOND)
+                      .build();
+            }
             onOutputFormatChanged(outputFormat, /* mediaFormat= */ null);
             waitingForFirstSampleInFormat = false;
           }
diff --git a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/DtsUtil.java b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/DtsUtil.java
index faef2b9434..13f1391cae 100644
--- a/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/DtsUtil.java
+++ b/libraries/extractor/src/main/java/androidx/media3/extractor/DtsUtil.java
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ public final class DtsUtil {
   /** Maximum rate for a DTS-HD audio stream, in bytes per second. */
   public static final int DTS_HD_MAX_RATE_BYTES_PER_SECOND = 18000 * 1000 / 8;
 
+  /** Maximum bit-rate for a DTS Express audio stream, in bits per second. */
+  public static final int DTS_EXPRESS_MAX_RATE_BITS_PER_SECOND = 768000;
+
   /**
    * DTS Core Syncword (in different Endianness). See ETSI TS 102 114 V1.6.1 (2019-08), Section 5.3.
    */