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I can confirm that 2.1.4 works now with 5.1

Is that a beta?... because there is NO official 2.1.4 VLC to download that I can find

I allowed 2.0.8 to perform the automatic update to 2.1.4 since it's not available for download from the website. Audio works fine. Thanks for the fix.

Same for me. I had 2.0.6 but it didn't work on Windows 8.1 so I upgraded to 2.1.1. After downgrading to 2.0.8 the surround sound works again.