diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1cb7c844..020f0cab 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.5.4-0.20250319132907-e064f32e3674
 	github.com/livekit/mageutil v0.0.0-20250511045019-0f1ff63f7731
-	github.com/livekit/media-sdk v0.0.0-20251106223430-dd8f5e0de2cf
+	github.com/livekit/media-sdk v0.0.0-20260401192012-ea94ab340a57
 	github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20251128105421-19c7a7b81c22
 	github.com/livekit/protocol v1.45.1
 	github.com/magefile/mage v1.15.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d2e67699..cad281db 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v4 v4.2.0 h1:LMFOzVB3996a7b8aBuEXxqOBflbfPQAiVzkI
 github.com/lithammer/shortuuid/v4 v4.2.0/go.mod h1:D5noHZ2oFw/YaKCfGy0YxyE7M0wMbezmMjPdhyEFe6Y=
 github.com/livekit/mageutil v0.0.0-20250511045019-0f1ff63f7731 h1:9x+U2HGLrSw5ATTo469PQPkqzdoU7be46ryiCDO3boc=
 github.com/livekit/mageutil v0.0.0-20250511045019-0f1ff63f7731/go.mod h1:Rs3MhFwutWhGwmY1VQsygw28z5bWcnEYmS1OG9OxjOQ=
-github.com/livekit/media-sdk v0.0.0-20251106223430-dd8f5e0de2cf h1:gvun6axx2Mrh8+NvuQBLQUoiG5MBubI435XoX68VGL8=
-github.com/livekit/media-sdk v0.0.0-20251106223430-dd8f5e0de2cf/go.mod h1:7ssWiG+U4xnbvLih9WiZbhQP6zIKMjgXdUtIE1bm/E8=
+github.com/livekit/media-sdk v0.0.0-20260401192012-ea94ab340a57 h1:Y0dZHH9gY70h+jPYEonvWUrPXxrp8YC+LWDaUUM/1mA=
+github.com/livekit/media-sdk v0.0.0-20260401192012-ea94ab340a57/go.mod h1:7ssWiG+U4xnbvLih9WiZbhQP6zIKMjgXdUtIE1bm/E8=
 github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20251128105421-19c7a7b81c22 h1:dzCBxOGLLWVtQhL7OYK2EGN+5Q+23Mq/jfz4vQisirA=
 github.com/livekit/mediatransportutil v0.0.0-20251128105421-19c7a7b81c22/go.mod h1:mSNtYzSf6iY9xM3UX42VEI+STHvMgHmrYzEHPcdhB8A=
 github.com/livekit/protocol v1.45.1 h1:4cbynsPZW32gS2z6nUWfAfr4YaTUwZSKUiLpSpjX+lQ=
diff --git a/pkg/media/pcmlocaltrack.go b/pkg/media/pcmlocaltrack.go
index 6a9b578f..552963f1 100644
--- a/pkg/media/pcmlocaltrack.go
+++ b/pkg/media/pcmlocaltrack.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func WithEncryptor(encryptor Encryptor) PCMLocalTrackOption {
 type PCMLocalTrack struct {
 	*webrtc.TrackLocalStaticSample
 
-	opusWriter         media.WriteCloser[opus.Sample]
+	opusWriter         media.WriteCloser[[]byte]
 	pcmWriter          media.WriteCloser[media.PCM16Sample]
 	resampledPCMWriter media.WriteCloser[media.PCM16Sample]
 
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ func NewPCMLocalTrack(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	// opusWriter writes opus samples to the track
-	var opusWriter media.WriteCloser[opus.Sample]
+	// opusWriter writes opus payloads to the track
+	var opusWriter media.WriteCloser[[]byte]
 	if params.Encryptor != nil {
 		encryptionHandler := newEncryptionHandler(track, params.Encryptor, sourceSampleRate)
-		opusWriter = media.FromSampleWriter[opus.Sample](encryptionHandler, sourceSampleRate, defaultPCMFrameDuration)
+		opusWriter = media.FromSampleWriter[[]byte](encryptionHandler, sourceSampleRate, defaultPCMFrameDuration)
 	} else {
-		opusWriter = media.FromSampleWriter[opus.Sample](track, DefaultOpusSampleRate, defaultPCMFrameDuration)
+		opusWriter = media.FromSampleWriter[[]byte](track, DefaultOpusSampleRate, defaultPCMFrameDuration)
 	}
 	// pcmWriter encodes opus samples from PCM16 samples and writes them to opusWriter
 	pcmWriter, err := opus.Encode(opusWriter, sourceChannels, logger)
diff --git a/pkg/media/pcmremotetrack.go b/pkg/media/pcmremotetrack.go
index e277ff30..db0c8bee 100644
--- a/pkg/media/pcmremotetrack.go
+++ b/pkg/media/pcmremotetrack.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ type PCMRemoteTrack struct {
 	sampleRate  int
 	isResampled bool
 
-	opusWriter         media.WriteCloser[opus.Sample]
+	opusWriter         media.WriteCloser[[]byte]
 	pcmMWriter         media.WriteCloser[media.PCM16Sample]
 	resampledPCMWriter media.WriteCloser[media.PCM16Sample]
 	logger             protoLogger.Logger
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ func NewPCMRemoteTrack(track *webrtc.TrackRemote, writer PCMRemoteTrackWriter, o
 
 func (t *PCMRemoteTrack) processSamples(handleJitter bool) {
 	// Handler takes RTP packets and writes the payload to opusWriter
-	var h rtp.Handler = rtp.NewMediaStreamIn[opus.Sample](t.opusWriter)
+	var h rtp.Handler = rtp.NewMediaStreamIn(t.opusWriter)
 
 	if t.decryptor != nil {
 		// Ideally, we should check if the track is encrypted with the