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I think I got something. At least I could find a configuration which solves my issue, even though it requires some "tweaking". I observed that Windows Media Player does correctly pass through the Dolby Digital Plus stream (my AV receiver displays DD+ when I use Windows Media Player to play...

Same results with 2.2.6. What's strange is that my AV receiver is supposed to support Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC3) through HDMI. So VLC should just be able to pass through the audio stream to the receiver, and it should decode it properly: Supported Audio Formats • 2-channel linear PCM (32–192 kHz, 16...

I read that in the previous messages in this topic so I've already tried that, but it didn't work for me. I have the exact same issue with VLC 2.2.8 (portable version), downloaded from here: https://get.videolan.org/vlc/2.2.8/win64/.

I'm experiencing a similar issue with an E-AC3 audio source. The file is always played with stereo sound, even though I am connected to the AV receiver through HDMI. Surround sound works just fine with AC3 or DTS audio sources using VLC or WIndows Media Player, or E-AC3 audio sources using WIndows M...