diff --git a/RELEASENOTES.md b/RELEASENOTES.md
index 32ade8267d..05efedd002 100644
--- a/RELEASENOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASENOTES.md
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@
         ([#710](https://github.com/androidx/media/pull/710)).
     *   MIDI: Fix issue where seeking forward skips the Program Change events
         ([#704](https://github.com/androidx/media/issues/704).
+    *   Handle unsupported format `xHE-AAC` in `FfmpegAudioRenderer`
+        ([#803](https://github.com/androidx/media/issues/803)).
 *   Leanback extension:
 *   Cast Extension:
     *   Sanitize creation of a `Timeline` to not crash the app when loading
diff --git a/libraries/decoder_ffmpeg/src/main/java/androidx/media3/decoder/ffmpeg/FfmpegAudioRenderer.java b/libraries/decoder_ffmpeg/src/main/java/androidx/media3/decoder/ffmpeg/FfmpegAudioRenderer.java
index 421d3adac0..1ff6802c0c 100644
--- a/libraries/decoder_ffmpeg/src/main/java/androidx/media3/decoder/ffmpeg/FfmpegAudioRenderer.java
+++ b/libraries/decoder_ffmpeg/src/main/java/androidx/media3/decoder/ffmpeg/FfmpegAudioRenderer.java
@@ -97,7 +97,9 @@ public final class FfmpegAudioRenderer extends DecoderAudioRenderer<FfmpegAudioD
       return C.FORMAT_UNSUPPORTED_TYPE;
     } else if (!FfmpegLibrary.supportsFormat(mimeType)
         || (!sinkSupportsFormat(format, C.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT)
-            && !sinkSupportsFormat(format, C.ENCODING_PCM_FLOAT))) {
+            && !sinkSupportsFormat(format, C.ENCODING_PCM_FLOAT))
+        || (mimeType.equals(MimeTypes.AUDIO_AAC)
+            && MimeTypes.getEncoding(mimeType, format.codecs) == C.ENCODING_AAC_XHE)) {
       return C.FORMAT_UNSUPPORTED_SUBTYPE;
     } else if (format.cryptoType != C.CRYPTO_TYPE_NONE) {
       return C.FORMAT_UNSUPPORTED_DRM;