HE-AACv2 audio plays out of left speaker only in mpc hc 2.0.0.32

Tried playing some older files but the audio comes out of left speaker only when using mpc hc. using WMP it plays correctly. updated to latest codec hasn't fixed the issue.
tried enable/disable audio switcher, enable custom channel mapping didn't help. same issue on multiple computers. any help would be appreciated.

windows 10 21h2
all files are like this:

Video
ID                          : 1
Format                      : AVC
Format/Info                 : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile              : High@L3
Format settings             : CABAC / 2 Ref Frames
Format settings, CABAC      : Yes
Format settings, Reference  : 2 frames
Codec ID                    : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration                    : 42 min 54 s
Nominal bit rate            : 430 kb/s
Width                       : 624 pixels
Height                      : 352 pixels
Display aspect ratio        : 16:9
Frame rate mode             : Constant
Frame rate                  : 23.976 (23976/1000) FPS
Color space                 : YUV
Chroma subsampling          : 4:2:0
Bit depth                   : 8 bits
Scan type                   : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)          : 0.082
Writing library             : x264 core 78 r1301 bcba15d
Encoding settings           : cabac=1 / ref=1 / deblock=1:0:0 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=hex / subme=6 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.0:0.0 / mixed_ref=0 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / chroma_qp_offset=-2 / threads=6 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / mbaff=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=0 / b_adapt=1 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / wpredb=1 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / rc_lookahead=40 / rc=abr / mbtree=1 / bitrate=430 / ratetol=1.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=10 / qpmax=51 / qpstep=4 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:1.00
Default                     : Yes
Forced                      : No

Audio
ID                          : 2
Format                      : AAC LC SBR PS
Format/Info                 : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity with Spectral Band Replication and Parametric Stereo
Commercial name             : HE-AACv2
Format settings             : Implicit / Explicit
Codec ID                    : A_AAC-2
Duration                    : 42 min 54 s
Channel(s)                  : 2 channels
Channel layout              : L R
Sampling rate               : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                  : 23.438 FPS (2048 SPF)
Compression mode            : Lossy
Default                     : Yes
Forced                      : No

Can you upload a file that has this problem? Or send me a (torrent) link where I can download one.

http://www.sendspace.com

https://www.sendspace.com/file/h05ife

pretty sure the place i got it has been gone for time.

It correctly plays stereo here.

What is shown here?
MPC-HC menu > Play > Filters

It should be using LAV Audio Decoder.

Try a fresh installation of latest version.
http://codecguide.com/klcp_beta.htm

full uninstall and reinstall same issue

MPC-HC menu > Play > Filters
sanear audio render
mpc video render
audio switcher
LAV video (interal)
LAC audio (internal)
Lav Splitter (internal)

Clicking on the system tray pull up this in the pin info:
Filter : Audio Switcher - CLSID : {18C16B08-6497-420E-AD14-22D21C2CEAB7}

- Connected to:

CLSID: {2AE00773-819A-40FB-A554-54827E116359}
Filter: SaneAR Audio Renderer
Pin: Input0

- Connection media type:

Audio: IEEE Float 48000Hz stereo 3072kbps

AM_MEDIA_TYPE:
majortype: MEDIATYPE_Audio {73647561-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
subtype: MEDIASUBTYPE_IEEE_FLOAT {00000003-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
formattype: FORMAT_WaveFormatEx {05589F81-C356-11CE-BF01-00AA0055595A}
bFixedSizeSamples: 1
bTemporalCompression: 0
lSampleSize: 8
cbFormat: 18

WAVEFORMATEX:
wFormatTag: 0x0003
nChannels: 2
nSamplesPerSec: 48000
nAvgBytesPerSec: 384000
nBlockAlign: 8
wBitsPerSample: 32
cbSize: 0 (extra bytes)

pbFormat:
0000: 03 00 02 00 80 bb 00 00 00 dc 05 00 08 00 20 00 ....€»...Ü.... .
0010: 00 00                                           ..

- Enumerated media type 0:

Set as the current media type

- Enumerated media type 1:

Audio: PCM 48000Hz stereo 1536kbps

AM_MEDIA_TYPE:
majortype: MEDIATYPE_Audio {73647561-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
subtype: MEDIASUBTYPE_PCM {00000001-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71}
formattype: FORMAT_WaveFormatEx {05589F81-C356-11CE-BF01-00AA0055595A}
bFixedSizeSamples: 1
bTemporalCompression: 0
lSampleSize: 4
cbFormat: 18

WAVEFORMATEX:
wFormatTag: 0x0001
nChannels: 2
nSamplesPerSec: 48000
nAvgBytesPerSec: 192000
nBlockAlign: 4
wBitsPerSample: 16
cbSize: 0 (extra bytes)

pbFormat:
0000: 01 00 02 00 80 bb 00 00 00 ee 02 00 04 00 10 00 ....€»...î......
0010: 00 00                                           ..

Checked again and the right channel is indeed empty.

I don't have a solution for you right now. It seems to be an issue with the FFmpeg decoder. I can't predict when that will be fixed.