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Hi there all, I am a newbe and have a question about VLC on Mac.

In VLC Version 2.2.4 Weatherwax (Intel 64bit) the voice track (voices/speaking) is not playable with MKV files.
I already noticed on the internet by searching that the problem is within the Codec E-AC-3 which I understand should stand for Dolby Digital Plus.
On Windows it works perfectly but not on OS X.
I am using OS X El Capitan Version 10.11.6
So I think there is an issue inside my Mac or I need to download the Codec E-AC3?
Someone on another board informed me that there was a difference inside these 2 mentioned files below. Episode 4 uses the AC-3 and Episode 5 the E-AC-3 Codec.
I checked this with other files and this difference in Codec is probably why I cannot play the voice track of the file.

Episode 4
Audio
ID: 2
Formaat: AC-3
Formaat/Info: Audio Coding 3
Format_Settings_ModeExtension: CM (complete main)
Formaatinstellingen, Endianness: Big
Codec-ID: A_AC3

Episode 5
Audio
ID: 2
Formaat: E-AC-3
Formaat/Info: Audio Coding 3
Formaatinstellingen, Endianness: Big
Codec-ID: A_EAC3

Hope someone has the answer to this problem. Thank you in advance!

Same problem here, any solution?

You need to use VLC 3.0 for this! Try a nightly build.

I tried the 3.0 but the problem remains, it only outputs stereo.

Sorry, I just see it is for MacOS, my problem is with the windows version, but the problem is the same so I guess it is not related to any OS.

anyone that has issues please go here, as many still have not fixed it. No one has figured out this problem as far as I know.

https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=139601