Apple Music Hi-Res Lossless and quality info issues on iOS 27

Not sure if this is still relevant, but as of today (Nov 3, 2026) Apple Music (both iOS and macOS) still only shows audio quality details for some songs. A lot of tracks just have a “44.1 kHz” tag, with nothing to tell you whether they’re 16-bit or 24-bit. I searched around and couldn’t find a fix, so I ended up working out my own way to get the exact audio quality info. If you have a Mac, open the Music app, find the song, and download it. Then run the command below in Terminal. Once you’ve got what you need, you can just delete the downloads.

find "/Users/____YOURNAME_____/Music/Music/Media.localized/Apple Music" -name "*.movpkg" | while read -r pkg; do
    echo "=================================================="
    echo "🎵 TRACK: $(basename "$pkg" .movpkg)"
    
    # Locate the internal master playlist configuration
    m3u8_file=$(find "$pkg" -name "*master.m3u8" -print -quit)
    if [ -n "$m3u8_file" ]; then
        # Extract explicit sample rate and bit depth attributes
        bit_depth=$(strings "$m3u8_file" | grep -o "BIT-DEPTH=[0-9]\{2\}" | head -n 1 | cut -d= -f2)
        sample_rate=$(strings "$m3u8_file" | grep -o "SAMPLE-RATE=[0-9]\{5,6\}" | head -n 1 | cut -d= -f2)
        
        if [ -n "$bit_depth" ] && [ -n "$sample_rate" ]; then
            echo "📊 AUDIO PROFILE: ALAC Lossless (${bit_depth}-bit / $((sample_rate / 1000)) kHz)"
        elif strings "$m3u8_file" | grep -q "CODECS=\"alac\""; then
            echo "📊 AUDIO PROFILE: ALAC Lossless (Standard 16-bit / 44.1 kHz)"
        else
            echo "📊 AUDIO PROFILE: Standard/AAC Compressed Stream"
        fi
    else
        echo "❌ ERROR: Master manifest file not found in package"
    fi
done; echo "=================================================="

The output would look like this:

I am observing the same behavior; although my DAC indicates the correct high-resolution sample rate suggesting that no downsampling is occurring. The issue appears to be a display error within the application.

BK

I am facing exactly the same issue. I sent mails to apple, did multiple tweets tagging apple but they are not ready to answer. Majority of the songs available in Hi Res on apple tv 3rd gen are getting down sampled to lossless. My hardware, avr, high end hdmi cables completely support hi - res audio. The only problem is with Apple.

I have that same issue in my Apple Music! I partially “””solved””” with fake Airplay on my Zorin! I use UxPlay with the -async module on and the musics starts to comeback Hi-Ress Lossless in the screen! (I don’t have the setup for Hi-Ress but it worked) I will confirm again because this bug show up again with I using the Automix feature. And yes very specific solution haha I will confirm again….

Me too, the exact same issue is happening for me.

I think the same is true for AppleTV 4K. After new 27 update, apple TV now supports Hi-res lossless, however when toggled info, it only shows lossless……. but my sound system is picking up the Hi Res lossless bit rates…… so may be a interface glitch??🤷🏻‍♂️

Hope an update get released soon to address this issues🥲🥲

<Edit> This is the updated code, you don't have to type in your username anymore!

find "$HOME/Music/Music/Media.localized/Apple Music" -name "*.movpkg" | while read -r pkg; do
    echo "=================================================="
    echo "🎵 TRACK: $(basename "$pkg" .movpkg)"
    
    # Locate the internal master playlist configuration
    m3u8_file=$(find "$pkg" -name "*master.m3u8" -print -quit)
    if [ -n "$m3u8_file" ]; then
        # Extract explicit sample rate and bit depth attributes
        bit_depth=$(strings "$m3u8_file" | grep -o "BIT-DEPTH=[0-9]\{2\}" | head -n 1 | cut -d= -f2)
        sample_rate=$(strings "$m3u8_file" | grep -o "SAMPLE-RATE=[0-9]\{5,6\}" | head -n 1 | cut -d= -f2)
        
        if [ -n "$bit_depth" ] && [ -n "$sample_rate" ]; then
            echo "📊 AUDIO PROFILE: ALAC Lossless (${bit_depth}-bit / $((sample_rate / 1000)) kHz)"
        elif strings "$m3u8_file" | grep -q "CODECS=\"alac\""; then
            echo "📊 AUDIO PROFILE: ALAC Lossless (Standard 16-bit / 44.1 kHz)"
        else
            echo "📊 AUDIO PROFILE: Standard/AAC Compressed Stream"
        fi
    else
        echo "❌ ERROR: Master manifest file not found in package"
    fi
done; echo "=================================================="

Apple TV needs to be plugged into an AVR to get anything geater than 48k, in setting>apps>music quality has to be set there for hi-res, and continuity disabled.

i am getting 192k on a few albums on my Sony DH590 via HDMI, but only after tvOS 27. Prior firmwares capped out the sample rate on the HDMI to 48k.

I’ve also noticed the very same behaviour described above for a few weeks now, with selected (not all tracks), only being shown as “lossless” but without their bit depth and sample rate visible.

I’ve also sent reports into iOS beta and no replies. They are ignoring this problem for months now. Not sure where else to complain about it.

I'm also experiencing this problem.

I've noticed that sometimes a track starts playing lossless and then turns into hi-res lossless after a while, and vice versa.