diff --git a/src/client/ui/widgets/tui_footer.rs b/src/client/ui/widgets/tui_footer.rs
index 7ee1e57..5da69ff 100644
--- a/src/client/ui/widgets/tui_footer.rs
+++ b/src/client/ui/widgets/tui_footer.rs
@@ -20,8 +20,22 @@ impl<'a> Widget for TuiFooter<'a> {
     fn render(self, area: Rect, buf: &mut Buffer) {
         let text = vec![Span::styled(
             format!("Audio system: {}", self.player_state.audio_host),
-            Style::default().fg(Color::Green),
-        )];
+            Style::default().fg(Color::Green)),
+            Span::raw("  "),
+            Span::raw(format!("Channels: {}",
+                self.player_state.song.as_ref().map(|song| song.audio_metadata())
+                    .and_then(|metadata| metadata.channels)
+                    .map(|s| s.to_string())
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| "UNKNOWN".to_string()))),
+            Span::raw("  "),
+            Span::raw(format!("Sample Rate: {} Hz",
+                self.player_state.song.as_ref().map(|song| song.audio_metadata())
+                    .and_then(|metadata| metadata.sample_rate)
+                    .map(|s| s.to_string())
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|| "UNKNOWN".to_string()))),
+        ];
+
+
 
         Paragraph::new(Spans::from(text)).render(area, buf);
     }
diff --git a/src/server/audio/symphonia/stream.rs b/src/server/audio/symphonia/stream.rs
index 2d1d1db..166ea61 100644
--- a/src/server/audio/symphonia/stream.rs
+++ b/src/server/audio/symphonia/stream.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use std::sync::mpsc;
 use std::thread::{self, JoinHandle};
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 
+use log::{debug, log_enabled, Level};
 use symphonia::core::codecs::{DecoderOptions, CODEC_TYPE_NULL};
 use symphonia::core::formats::FormatOptions;
 use symphonia::core::io::MediaSourceStream;
@@ -240,6 +241,10 @@ impl PlayerStream {
                 // Store the track identifier, it will be used to filter packets.
                 let track_id = track.id;
 
+                if log_enabled!(Level::Debug) {
+                    debug!("track: {:#?}", track);
+                }
+
                 // Use the default options for the decoder.
                 let dec_opts: DecoderOptions = Default::default();
 
@@ -250,7 +255,13 @@ impl PlayerStream {
                 let config = self.device.default_output_config().unwrap();
 
                 let audio_config = cpal::StreamConfig {
-                    channels: cpal::ChannelCount::from(2u16),
+                    channels: cpal::ChannelCount::from(
+                        track
+                            .codec_params
+                            .channels
+                            .map(|c| c.count() as u16)
+                            .unwrap_or(2u16),
+                    ),
                     sample_rate: cpal::SampleRate(
                         track
                             .codec_params
@@ -260,6 +271,10 @@ impl PlayerStream {
                     buffer_size: cpal::BufferSize::Default,
                 };
 
+                if log_enabled!(Level::Debug) {
+                    debug!("audio_config: {:#?}", audio_config);
+                }
+
                 let stream_tx = self.event_poller.stream_tx.clone();
 
                 match config.sample_format() {