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"2.1.2 fixes numerous bugs, notably numerous regressions introduced in "RinceWind". Important fixes involve Audio devices management and SPDIF on Windows and Mac OS X. " one of the audio fixes: "Correct support for multi-channel layouts in all formats: 5.1, 6.1 and 7.1"...

Note: I don't have VLC 2.1.0 for testing, so I'm only working off the screenshots. Can someone post a screenshot of the "Stereo Mode" menu, when it is open?...& tell me, under what conditions, is the "Stereo Mode" menu disabled? Playing video with 2 channels audio ( stereo):...

everything is ok. then when i play video with 5.1 audio where I can change channels?

how this is normal when playing 5.1 audio with video makes Stereo Mode inaccessible as you see that is faded in first picture this is normal when you can choose http://s24.postimg.org/ovc2ovcz9/screenshot_12.png and there is difference in 2.0.1 and earlier versions in Audio Device menu http://img405...

Difference between 5.1 and stereo

To help you, we need messages, to completely understand what your problems is.
To fix this, please be sure before you start the playback to:

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2. Set Verbosity to 2
3. Start playback to reproduce your issue
4. Save text in a file or copy into clipboard
5. Then paste the full resulting log here between [​code]and[​/code] (or use Pastebin.com if it's too long)

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same problem here on 2.1.0. installed 2.0.8 and it allows me to change stereo mode to 5.1


and here is my cofiguration that you asking for:

1. http://pastebin.com/ckxvm4F9

2. Windows 7 x64. vlc-2.1.0-win64