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How can you change the default audio output in VLC to 5.1?

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Is there a setting in VLC to change default audio output to 5.1?

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I felt the need to resurrect this as it’s pretty high up on search results and the solution no longer works for v2.0.2—however, I finally found a fix! Press Ctrl+P to bring up preferences. At the bottom of the right-hand navigation select the radio-…

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