diff --git a/libobs/media-io/audio-resampler-ffmpeg.c b/libobs/media-io/audio-resampler-ffmpeg.c
index eb5be4f7435e2e..6ef65867857b13 100644
--- a/libobs/media-io/audio-resampler-ffmpeg.c
+++ b/libobs/media-io/audio-resampler-ffmpeg.c
@@ -216,3 +216,27 @@ bool audio_resampler_resample(audio_resampler_t *rs, uint8_t *output[], uint32_t
 	*out_frames = (uint32_t)ret;
 	return true;
 }
+
+// Allows passing of a matrix for channel re-ordering and custom weights.
+bool audio_resampler_set_matrix(audio_resampler_t *rs, double *matrix, int stride)
+{
+	if (!rs) {
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	swr_close(rs->context);
+
+	if (swr_set_matrix(rs->context, matrix, stride) < 0) {
+		blog(LOG_DEBUG, "swr_set_matrix failed");
+		audio_resampler_destroy(rs);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	int errcode = swr_init(rs->context);
+	if (errcode != 0) {
+		blog(LOG_ERROR, "swr_init failed: error code %d", errcode);
+		audio_resampler_destroy(rs);
+		return false;
+	}
+	return true;
+}
diff --git a/libobs/media-io/audio-resampler.h b/libobs/media-io/audio-resampler.h
index ca1e7b08d58000..25f9b2872513d7 100644
--- a/libobs/media-io/audio-resampler.h
+++ b/libobs/media-io/audio-resampler.h
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ EXPORT void audio_resampler_destroy(audio_resampler_t *resampler);
 EXPORT bool audio_resampler_resample(audio_resampler_t *resampler, uint8_t *output[], uint32_t *out_frames,
 				     uint64_t *ts_offset, const uint8_t *const input[], uint32_t in_frames);
 
+EXPORT bool audio_resampler_set_matrix(audio_resampler_t *rs, double *matrix, int stride);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/plugins/vlc-video/vlc-video-source.c b/plugins/vlc-video/vlc-video-source.c
index 0be3ced5365d6a..c568e445b32581 100644
--- a/plugins/vlc-video/vlc-video-source.c
+++ b/plugins/vlc-video/vlc-video-source.c
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #include "vlc-video-plugin.h"
+
+#include <media-io/audio-resampler.h>
 #include <media-io/video-frame.h>
 #include <util/threading.h>
 #include <util/platform.h>
@@ -74,6 +76,8 @@ struct vlc_source {
 	obs_hotkey_id stop_hotkey;
 	obs_hotkey_id playlist_next_hotkey;
 	obs_hotkey_id playlist_prev_hotkey;
+
+	audio_resampler_t *resampler;
 };
 
 static libvlc_media_t *get_media(media_file_array_t *files, const char *path)
@@ -349,6 +353,10 @@ static void vlcs_destroy(void *data)
 
 	free_files(&c->files);
 	pthread_mutex_destroy(&c->mutex);
+
+	if (c->resampler)
+		audio_resampler_destroy(c->resampler);
+
 	bfree(c);
 }
 
@@ -471,10 +479,19 @@ static void vlcs_audio_play(void *data, const void *samples, unsigned count, int
 		c->audio_capacity = count;
 	}
 
-	memcpy((void *)c->audio.data[0], samples, size);
 	c->audio.timestamp = (uint64_t)pts * 1000ULL - time_start;
 	c->audio.frames = count;
 
+	if (c->resampler) {
+		uint8_t *output[MAX_AUDIO_CHANNELS];
+		uint32_t out_frames;
+		uint64_t ts_offset;
+		audio_resampler_resample(c->resampler, (uint8_t **)output, &out_frames, &ts_offset,
+					 (const uint8_t **)&samples, (uint32_t)count);
+		memcpy((void *)c->audio.data[0], output[0], size);
+	} else {
+		memcpy((void *)c->audio.data[0], samples, size);
+	}
 	obs_source_output_audio(c->source, &c->audio);
 }
 
@@ -490,6 +507,52 @@ static int vlcs_audio_setup(void **p_data, char *format, unsigned *rate, unsigne
 	if (*channels > out_channels)
 		*channels = out_channels;
 
+	bool need_resampling = (*channels == 6 && out_channels == 6) || (*channels == 8 && out_channels == 8);
+
+	/* Setup swresampler for 5.1 & 7.1 audio: 
+	 * VLC orders 5.1 as FL FR BL BR FC LFE ==> switches to FL FR FC LFE BL BR;
+	 * VLC orders 7.1 as FL FR SL SR BL BR FC LFE ==> switches to FL FR FC LFE BL BR SL SR */
+	if (need_resampling) {
+		struct resample_info src, dst;
+		src.samples_per_sec = *rate;
+		src.format = new_audio_format;
+		src.speakers = (enum speaker_layout) * channels;
+
+		dst.samples_per_sec = *rate;
+		dst.format = new_audio_format;
+		dst.speakers = (enum speaker_layout) * channels;
+
+		c->resampler = audio_resampler_create(&dst, &src);
+		/* clang-format off */
+		/* Each line in the matrices corresponds to an outgoing channel (1st line is ch1, etc.).
+		 * The weight of incoming channels into an outgoing channel is in each row.
+		 */
+		double matrix6[36] = {
+			1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0,
+			0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1,
+			0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0
+		};
+		double matrix8[64] = {
+			1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0,
+			0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1,
+			0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0,
+			0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+			0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+		};
+		/* clang-format on */
+		bool is_5_1 = out_channels == 6;
+		if (c->resampler) {
+			if (!audio_resampler_set_matrix(c->resampler, is_5_1 ? matrix6 : matrix8, is_5_1 ? 6 : 8))
+				c->resampler = NULL;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* don't free audio data if the data is the same format */
 	if (c->audio.format == new_audio_format && c->audio.samples_per_sec == *rate &&
 	    c->audio.speakers == (enum speaker_layout) * channels)
@@ -931,6 +994,8 @@ static void *vlcs_create(obs_data_t *settings, obs_source_t *source)
 	c->playlist_prev_hotkey = obs_hotkey_register_source(
 		source, "VLCSource.PlaylistPrev", obs_module_text("PlaylistPrev"), vlcs_playlist_prev_hotkey, c);
 
+	c->resampler = NULL;
+
 	pthread_mutex_init_value(&c->mutex);
 	if (pthread_mutex_init(&c->mutex, NULL) != 0)
 		goto error;