diff --git a/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper_context.c b/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper_context.c
index 6e38ead6..8f1cacdd 100644
--- a/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper_context.c
+++ b/bindings/ruby/ext/ruby_whisper_context.c
@@ -304,11 +304,13 @@ VALUE ruby_whisper_model_type(VALUE self)
 static bool
 check_memory_view(rb_memory_view_t *memview)
 {
-  if (memview->format != NULL && strcmp(memview->format, "f") != 0) {
-    rb_warn("currently only format \"f\" is supported for MemoryView, but given: %s", memview->format);
+  if (memview->format != NULL && strcmp(memview->format, "f") != 0 && strcmp(memview->format, "e") != 0) {
+    // TODO: Accept other formats and convert samples
+    rb_warn("currently only format \"f\" and \"e\" is supported for MemoryView, but given: %s", memview->format);
     return false;
   }
-  if (memview->format != NULL && memview->ndim != 1) {
+  if (memview->format != NULL && memview->ndim != 1 && !(memview->ndim == 2 && memview->shape[1] == 1)) {
+    // TODO: Accept ndim == 2 with shape [n_samples, channels] and channels > 1 by averaging the samples in different channels or just taking the first channel
     rb_warn("currently only 1 dimensional MemoryView is supported, but given: %zd", memview->ndim);
     return false;
   }