diff --git a/src/torchcodec/__init__.py b/src/torchcodec/__init__.py
index e96aa5b3..2b6c9fb3 100644
--- a/src/torchcodec/__init__.py
+++ b/src/torchcodec/__init__.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 # Note: usort wants to put Frame and FrameBatch after decoders and samplers,
 # but that results in circular import.
-from ._frame import Frame, FrameBatch  # usort:skip # noqa
+from ._frame import AudioSamples, Frame, FrameBatch  # usort:skip # noqa
 from . import decoders, samplers  # noqa
 
 try:
diff --git a/src/torchcodec/_frame.py b/src/torchcodec/_frame.py
index a8fc7f5b..31a9b666 100644
--- a/src/torchcodec/_frame.py
+++ b/src/torchcodec/_frame.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 
 def _frame_repr(self):
-    # Utility to replace Frame and FrameBatch __repr__ method. This prints the
+    # Utility to replace __repr__ method of dataclasses below. This prints the
     # shape of the .data tensor rather than printing the (potentially very long)
     # data tensor itself.
     s = self.__class__.__name__ + ":\n"
@@ -114,3 +114,28 @@ def __len__(self):
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return _frame_repr(self)
+
+
+@dataclass
+class AudioSamples(Iterable):
+    """Audio samples with associated metadata."""
+
+    # TODO-AUDIO: docs
+    data: Tensor
+    pts_seconds: float
+    sample_rate: int
+
+    def __post_init__(self):
+        # This is called after __init__() when a Frame is created. We can run
+        # input validation checks here.
+        if not self.data.ndim == 2:
+            raise ValueError(f"data must be 2-dimensional, got {self.data.shape = }")
+        self.pts_seconds = float(self.pts_seconds)
+        self.sample_rate = int(self.sample_rate)
+
+    def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[Union[Tensor, float]]:
+        for field in dataclasses.fields(self):
+            yield getattr(self, field.name)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return _frame_repr(self)
diff --git a/src/torchcodec/decoders/_audio_decoder.py b/src/torchcodec/decoders/_audio_decoder.py
index a99d5d3f..34292751 100644
--- a/src/torchcodec/decoders/_audio_decoder.py
+++ b/src/torchcodec/decoders/_audio_decoder.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 from torch import Tensor
 
+from torchcodec import AudioSamples
 from torchcodec.decoders import _core as core
 from torchcodec.decoders._decoder_utils import (
     create_decoder,
@@ -37,3 +38,70 @@ def __init__(
         ) = get_and_validate_stream_metadata(
             decoder=self._decoder, stream_index=stream_index, media_type="audio"
         )
+        assert isinstance(self.metadata, core.AudioStreamMetadata)  # mypy
+
+    def get_samples_played_in_range(
+        self, start_seconds: float, stop_seconds: Optional[float] = None
+    ) -> AudioSamples:
+        """TODO-AUDIO docs"""
+        if stop_seconds is not None and not start_seconds <= stop_seconds:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Invalid start seconds: {start_seconds}. It must be less than or equal to stop seconds ({stop_seconds})."
+            )
+        if not self._begin_stream_seconds <= start_seconds < self._end_stream_seconds:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Invalid start seconds: {start_seconds}. "
+                f"It must be greater than or equal to {self._begin_stream_seconds} "
+                f"and less than or equal to {self._end_stream_seconds}."
+            )
+        frames, first_pts = core.get_frames_by_pts_in_range_audio(
+            self._decoder,
+            start_seconds=start_seconds,
+            stop_seconds=stop_seconds,
+        )
+        first_pts = first_pts.item()
+
+        # x = frame boundaries
+        #
+        #            first_pts                                    last_pts
+        #                v                                            v
+        # ....x..........x..........x...........x..........x..........x.....
+        #                    ^                                 ^
+        #               start_seconds                      stop_seconds
+        #
+        # We want to return the samples in [start_seconds, stop_seconds). But
+        # because the core API is based on frames, the `frames` tensor contains
+        # the samples in [first_pts, last_pts)
+        # So we do some basic math to figure out the position of the view that
+        # we'll return.
+
+        # TODO: sample_rate is either the original one from metadata, or the
+        # user-specified one (NIY)
+        assert isinstance(self.metadata, core.AudioStreamMetadata)  # mypy
+        sample_rate = self.metadata.sample_rate
+
+        # TODO: metadata's sample_rate should probably not be Optional
+        assert sample_rate is not None  # mypy.
+
+        if first_pts < start_seconds:
+            offset_beginning = round((start_seconds - first_pts) * sample_rate)
+            output_pts_seconds = start_seconds
+        else:
+            # In normal cases we'll have first_pts <= start_pts, but in some
+            # edge cases it's possible to have first_pts > start_seconds,
+            # typically if the stream's first frame's pts isn't exactly 0.
+            offset_beginning = 0
+            output_pts_seconds = first_pts
+
+        num_samples = frames.shape[1]
+        last_pts = first_pts + num_samples / self.metadata.sample_rate
+        if stop_seconds is not None and stop_seconds < last_pts:
+            offset_end = num_samples - round((last_pts - stop_seconds) * sample_rate)
+        else:
+            offset_end = num_samples
+
+        return AudioSamples(
+            data=frames[:, offset_beginning:offset_end],
+            pts_seconds=output_pts_seconds,
+            sample_rate=sample_rate,
+        )
diff --git a/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoder.cpp b/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoder.cpp
index 0e287a5b..7c75b8fb 100644
--- a/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoder.cpp
+++ b/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoder.cpp
@@ -854,7 +854,7 @@ VideoDecoder::AudioFramesOutput VideoDecoder::getFramesPlayedInRangeAudio(
 
   if (startSeconds == stopSeconds) {
     // For consistency with video
-    return AudioFramesOutput{torch::empty({0}), 0.0};
+    return AudioFramesOutput{torch::empty({0, 0}), 0.0};
   }
 
   StreamInfo& streamInfo = streamInfos_[activeStreamIndex_];
diff --git a/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoder.h b/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoder.h
index 60c10055..3ca6380b 100644
--- a/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoder.h
+++ b/src/torchcodec/decoders/_core/VideoDecoder.h
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class VideoDecoder {
   // DECODING AND SEEKING APIs
   // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-  // All public decoding entry points return either a FrameOutput or a
+  // All public video decoding entry points return either a FrameOutput or a
   // FrameBatchOutput.
   // They are the equivalent of the user-facing Frame and FrameBatch classes in
   // Python. They contain RGB decoded frames along with some associated data
diff --git a/test/decoders/test_decoders.py b/test/decoders/test_decoders.py
index e0339120..6cd01dad 100644
--- a/test/decoders/test_decoders.py
+++ b/test/decoders/test_decoders.py
@@ -955,3 +955,126 @@ def test_metadata(self, asset):
         )
         assert decoder.metadata.sample_rate == asset.sample_rate
         assert decoder.metadata.num_channels == asset.num_channels
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("asset", (NASA_AUDIO, NASA_AUDIO_MP3))
+    def test_error(self, asset):
+        decoder = AudioDecoder(asset.path)
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Invalid start seconds"):
+            decoder.get_samples_played_in_range(start_seconds=-1300)
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Invalid start seconds"):
+            decoder.get_samples_played_in_range(start_seconds=9999)
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Invalid start seconds"):
+            decoder.get_samples_played_in_range(start_seconds=3, stop_seconds=2)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("asset", (NASA_AUDIO, NASA_AUDIO_MP3))
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("stop_seconds", (None, "duration", 99999999))
+    def test_get_all_samples(self, asset, stop_seconds):
+        decoder = AudioDecoder(asset.path)
+
+        if stop_seconds == "duration":
+            stop_seconds = asset.duration_seconds
+
+        samples = decoder.get_samples_played_in_range(
+            start_seconds=0, stop_seconds=stop_seconds
+        )
+
+        reference_frames = asset.get_frame_data_by_range(
+            start=0, stop=asset.get_frame_index(pts_seconds=asset.duration_seconds) + 1
+        )
+
+        torch.testing.assert_close(samples.data, reference_frames)
+        assert samples.sample_rate == asset.sample_rate
+
+        # TODO there's a bug with NASA_AUDIO_MP3: https://github.com/pytorch/torchcodec/issues/553
+        expected_pts = (
+            0.072
+            if asset is NASA_AUDIO_MP3
+            else asset.get_frame_info(idx=0).pts_seconds
+        )
+        assert samples.pts_seconds == expected_pts
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("asset", (NASA_AUDIO, NASA_AUDIO_MP3))
+    def test_at_frame_boundaries(self, asset):
+        decoder = AudioDecoder(asset.path)
+
+        start_frame_index, stop_frame_index = 10, 40
+        start_seconds = asset.get_frame_info(start_frame_index).pts_seconds
+        stop_seconds = asset.get_frame_info(stop_frame_index).pts_seconds
+
+        samples = decoder.get_samples_played_in_range(
+            start_seconds=start_seconds, stop_seconds=stop_seconds
+        )
+
+        reference_frames = asset.get_frame_data_by_range(
+            start=start_frame_index, stop=stop_frame_index
+        )
+
+        assert samples.pts_seconds == start_seconds
+        num_samples = samples.data.shape[1]
+        assert (
+            num_samples
+            == reference_frames.shape[1]
+            == (stop_seconds - start_seconds) * decoder.metadata.sample_rate
+        )
+        torch.testing.assert_close(samples.data, reference_frames)
+        assert samples.sample_rate == asset.sample_rate
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("asset", (NASA_AUDIO, NASA_AUDIO_MP3))
+    def test_not_at_frame_boundaries(self, asset):
+        decoder = AudioDecoder(asset.path)
+
+        start_frame_index, stop_frame_index = 10, 40
+        start_frame_info = asset.get_frame_info(start_frame_index)
+        stop_frame_info = asset.get_frame_info(stop_frame_index)
+        start_seconds = start_frame_info.pts_seconds + (
+            start_frame_info.duration_seconds / 2
+        )
+        stop_seconds = stop_frame_info.pts_seconds + (
+            stop_frame_info.duration_seconds / 2
+        )
+        samples = decoder.get_samples_played_in_range(
+            start_seconds=start_seconds, stop_seconds=stop_seconds
+        )
+
+        reference_frames = asset.get_frame_data_by_range(
+            start=start_frame_index, stop=stop_frame_index + 1
+        )
+
+        assert samples.pts_seconds == start_seconds
+        num_samples = samples.data.shape[1]
+        assert num_samples < reference_frames.shape[1]
+        assert (
+            num_samples == (stop_seconds - start_seconds) * decoder.metadata.sample_rate
+        )
+        assert samples.sample_rate == asset.sample_rate
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("asset", (NASA_AUDIO, NASA_AUDIO_MP3))
+    def test_start_equals_stop(self, asset):
+        decoder = AudioDecoder(asset.path)
+        samples = decoder.get_samples_played_in_range(start_seconds=3, stop_seconds=3)
+        assert samples.data.shape == (0, 0)
+
+    def test_frame_start_is_not_zero(self):
+        # For NASA_AUDIO_MP3, the first frame is not at 0, it's at 0.072 [1].
+        # So if we request start = 0.05, we shouldn't be truncating anything.
+        #
+        # [1] well, really it's at 0.138125, not 0.072 (see
+        # https://github.com/pytorch/torchcodec/issues/553), but for the purpose
+        # of this test it doesn't matter.
+
+        asset = NASA_AUDIO_MP3
+        start_seconds = 0.05  # this is less than the first frame's pts
+        stop_frame_index = 10
+        stop_seconds = asset.get_frame_info(stop_frame_index).pts_seconds
+
+        decoder = AudioDecoder(asset.path)
+
+        samples = decoder.get_samples_played_in_range(
+            start_seconds=start_seconds, stop_seconds=stop_seconds
+        )
+
+        reference_frames = asset.get_frame_data_by_range(start=0, stop=stop_frame_index)
+        torch.testing.assert_close(samples.data, reference_frames)
diff --git a/test/decoders/test_ops.py b/test/decoders/test_ops.py
index 01d54ea9..724eff62 100644
--- a/test/decoders/test_ops.py
+++ b/test/decoders/test_ops.py
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ def test_decode_start_equal_stop(self, asset):
         frames, pts_seconds = get_frames_by_pts_in_range_audio(
             decoder, start_seconds=1, stop_seconds=1
         )
-        assert frames.shape == (0,)
+        assert frames.shape == (0, 0)
         assert pts_seconds == 0
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize("asset", (NASA_AUDIO, NASA_AUDIO_MP3))
diff --git a/test/test_frame_dataclasses.py b/test/test_frame_dataclasses.py
index a9840f22..e014cd4d 100644
--- a/test/test_frame_dataclasses.py
+++ b/test/test_frame_dataclasses.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import pytest
 import torch
-from torchcodec import Frame, FrameBatch
+from torchcodec import AudioSamples, Frame, FrameBatch
 
 
-def test_frame_unpacking():
+def test_unpacking():
     data, pts_seconds, duration_seconds = Frame(torch.rand(3, 4, 5), 2, 3)  # noqa
+    data, pts_seconds, sample_rate = AudioSamples(torch.rand(2, 4), 2, 16_000)
 
 
 def test_frame_error():
@@ -139,3 +140,18 @@ def test_framebatch_indexing():
     fb_fancy = fb[[[0], [1]]]  # select T=0 and N=1.
     assert isinstance(fb_fancy, FrameBatch)
     assert fb_fancy.data.shape == (1, C, H, W)
+
+
+def test_audio_samples_error():
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="data must be 2-dimensional"):
+        AudioSamples(
+            data=torch.rand(1),
+            pts_seconds=1,
+            sample_rate=16_000,
+        )
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="data must be 2-dimensional"):
+        AudioSamples(
+            data=torch.rand(1, 2, 3),
+            pts_seconds=1,
+            sample_rate=16_000,
+        )