We will migrate to androidx.media3 in 0.17.

I think I have this issue with Jellyfin on a Chromecast with Android TV. Exoplayer plays OPUS dialogue mainly on the front right speaker. LibVLC does not output any sound for the same file. MX Player (as external player) does seem to play OPUS correctly (or at least pass it on correctly to my AV-receiver).

Do I understand correctly that 0.17 should fix this? Until then I can use the WebOS app on my LG TV. That one handles it correctly too (but unfortunately doesn't like PGSUB subtitles).

I just saw that I am on 0.16.4, which I now saw is supposed to have "Replace ExoPlayer with androidx.media3" backported.

My setup:

• LG OLED65BX6
• Denon AVR-X2800H w/ 5.1 speaker setup
• Chromecast w/ Google TV (connected to AVR)

I checked again. A file with OPUS 5.1 audio played only on the front left and right speakers, with all dialogue coming from the right side.

Then I switched off the TV (the Chromecast stays connected to power, so it is not really switched off) and - just after - realized I could check more detailed info of the audio stream on the AVR's overlay.

I restarted the TV, and suddenly sound was playing from the correct speakers. Unfortunately, the video playback was a bit "jerky", as if it froze for a tiny moment after every few frames.

I decided to reboot the Chromecast. Now, video playback looks good again, but audio is back to playing from the wrong channels.

This time, all speakers play something, but voice still seems to come (nearly?) exclusively from front right.

Should I open a new issue?

The current release, 1.2.0, of Androidx Media3 does not contain the fix. It will be part of the next bugfix, 1.2.1, which has not been released yet.

It will be part of the next bugfix, 1.2.1, which has not been released yet.

Thank you, I hope that will resolve the issue.

Androidx Media3 1.2.1 with the fix for this bug has been released.

https://github.com/androidx/media/blob/release/RELEASENOTES.md