HandBrake

If it was just MediaInfo, I wouldn't be so confused and wouldn't have posted here. But Windows 10, and PotPlayer, seem to think it's stereo as well. Are they reading it wrong, like MediaInfo?

Here you go:
http://pastebin.com/490izjaH

Yes, that's indeed me on Reddit. I'm asking in multiple places, to get multiple points of view, of my issue.

VLC, Windows 10, KODI, and Pot Player all concur the file is in stereo. I'll upload the preview file created, that has the issue.

The log in my original post is of a problematic encode. It's a preview, yes, but it suffers from the same issue. I can't get it to create a proper 5.1 track, not even with pasthru. However, I'll post another log, with a different file, showing the same issue.

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