A method and a device are provided for deriving audio parameter values from an AES67-compatible audio information signal, which AES67-compatible audio information signal is generated from a serial data stream of successive IP packets (IP(i)), the IP packets containing an IP header (IP HDR), a UDP header (UDP HDR), an RTP header (RTP HDR) and a data field (DATA), and wherein audio parameter values such as sampling frequency and number of channels are derived from information stored in the headers.