In general, techniques are described for specifying audio rendering information in a bitstream. A device configured to generate the bitstream may perform various aspects of the techniques. The bitstream generation device may comprise one or more processors configured to specify audio rendering information that includes a signal value identifying an audio renderer used when generating the multi-channel audio content. A device configured to render multi-channel audio content from a bitstream may also perform various aspects of the techniques. The rendering device may comprise one or more processors configured to determine audio rendering information that includes a signal value identifying an audio renderer used when generating the multi-channel audio content, and render a plurality of speaker feeds based on the audio rendering information.