diff --git a/Core/HLE/AtracCtx.cpp b/Core/HLE/AtracCtx.cpp
index 342fec915431..c9fe5afb91bc 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/AtracCtx.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/AtracCtx.cpp
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ void AtracBase::CreateDecoder() {
 		delete decoder_;
 	}
 
-	// First, init the standalone decoder. Only used for low-level-decode initially, but simple.
+	// First, init the standalone decoder.
 	if (track_.codecType == PSP_MODE_AT_3) {
 		// We don't pull this from the RIFF so that we can support OMA also.
 		uint8_t extraData[14]{};
@@ -650,6 +650,10 @@ void Atrac::GetResetBufferInfo(AtracResetBufferInfo *bufferInfo, int sample) {
 int Atrac::SetData(u32 buffer, u32 readSize, u32 bufferSize, int outputChannels, int successCode) {
 	outputChannels_ = outputChannels;
 
+	if (outputChannels != track_.channels) {
+		WARN_LOG(Log::ME, "outputChannels %d doesn't match track_.channels %d", outputChannels, track_.channels);
+	}
+
 	first_.addr = buffer;
 	first_.size = readSize;
 
@@ -696,7 +700,7 @@ int Atrac::SetData(u32 buffer, u32 readSize, u32 bufferSize, int outputChannels,
 		Memory::Memcpy(dataBuf_, buffer, copybytes, "AtracSetData");
 	}
 	CreateDecoder();
-	return hleLogInfo(Log::ME, successCode, "%s %s audio", codecName, channelName);
+	return hleLogInfo(Log::ME, successCode, "%s %s (%d channels) audio", codecName, channelName, track_.channels);
 }
 
 u32 Atrac::SetSecondBuffer(u32 secondBuffer, u32 secondBufferSize) {
diff --git a/Core/HW/Atrac3Standalone.cpp b/Core/HW/Atrac3Standalone.cpp
index cc34a15957a7..82a3f26cb876 100644
--- a/Core/HW/Atrac3Standalone.cpp
+++ b/Core/HW/Atrac3Standalone.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Atrac3Audio : public AudioDecoder {
 			}
 		}
 		if (inbytes != blockAlign_ && blockAlign_ != 0) {
-			WARN_LOG(Log::ME, "Atrac3Audio::Decode: Unexpected block align %d (expected %d). %s", inbytes, blockAlign_, at3pCtx_ ? "Atrac3+" : "Atrac3");
+			WARN_LOG(Log::ME, "Atrac3Audio::Decode: inbytes not matching expected blockalign. Updating blockAlign_. Got %d bytes, expected %d. (%s)", inbytes, blockAlign_, at3pCtx_ ? "Atrac3+" : "Atrac3");
 		}
 
 		blockAlign_ = inbytes;
diff --git a/ext/at3_standalone/atrac3plusdec.cpp b/ext/at3_standalone/atrac3plusdec.cpp
index c57cee7a9794..e5eaae9f1a3f 100644
--- a/ext/at3_standalone/atrac3plusdec.cpp
+++ b/ext/at3_standalone/atrac3plusdec.cpp
@@ -323,14 +323,20 @@ int atrac3p_decode_frame(ATRAC3PContext *ctx, float *out_data[2], int *nb_sample
     while (get_bits_left(&ctx->gb) >= 2 &&
            (ch_unit_id = get_bits(&ctx->gb, 2)) != CH_UNIT_TERMINATOR) {
         if (ch_unit_id == CH_UNIT_EXTENSION) {
-            avpriv_report_missing_feature("Channel unit extension");
+            av_log(AV_LOG_ERROR, "Missing atrac3p feature: Channel unit extension");
             return AVERROR_PATCHWELCOME;
         }
         if (ch_block >= ctx->num_channel_blocks ||
             ctx->channel_blocks[ch_block] != ch_unit_id) {
-            av_log(AV_LOG_ERROR,
-                   "Frame data doesn't match channel configuration!");
-            return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
+            av_log(AV_LOG_WARNING, "Frame data doesn't match channel configuration! ch_block %d >= num_channel_blocks %d", ch_block, ctx->num_channel_blocks);
+            // This happens in Code Lyoko, see issue #19994.
+            // The atrac3+ wav header clearly specifies stereo, so we only have one channel block, but here we try to decode a third (and/or fourth) one.
+            // Maybe the data chunk is just improperly terminated, but it's reported that when ignoring this error previously,
+            // it didn't sound right. So I'm really not sure what's going on here. Most likely some unknown feature of the Atrac3+ format that we
+            // failed to parse previously?
+            //
+            // return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;  // This soft-locks the game.
+            return FFMIN(ctx->block_align, indata_size); // We try to stumble along.
         }
 
         ctx->ch_units[ch_block].unit_type = ch_unit_id;