diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/MediaInfo/MediaInfoResult.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/MediaInfo/MediaInfoResult.cs
index 6fcb40300..d9a666f30 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common/MediaInfo/MediaInfoResult.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/MediaInfo/MediaInfoResult.cs
@@ -74,6 +74,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.MediaInfo
         /// <value>The channels.</value>
         public int channels { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the channel_layout.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The channel_layout.</value>
+        public string channel_layout { get; set; }
+        
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the avg_frame_rate.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/MediaStream.cs b/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/MediaStream.cs
index 1703dbf05..5e85369b9 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/MediaStream.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Model/Entities/MediaStream.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Model.Entities
         /// </summary>
         /// <value>The type of the scan.</value>
         public string ScanType { get; set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the channel layout.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <value>The channel layout.</value>
+        public string ChannelLayout { get; set; }
         
         /// <summary>
         /// Gets or sets the bit rate.
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaInfo/BaseFFProbeProvider.cs b/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaInfo/BaseFFProbeProvider.cs
index f65bf9ea3..a84310310 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaInfo/BaseFFProbeProvider.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Providers/MediaInfo/BaseFFProbeProvider.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using MediaBrowser.Common.MediaInfo;
+using System.Linq;
+using MediaBrowser.Common.MediaInfo;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.MediaInfo;
@@ -201,6 +202,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.MediaInfo
                 {
                     stream.SampleRate = int.Parse(streamInfo.sample_rate, UsCulture);
                 }
+
+                stream.ChannelLayout = ParseChannelLayout(streamInfo.channel_layout);
             }
             else if (string.Equals(streamInfo.codec_type, "subtitle", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {
@@ -249,6 +252,16 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Providers.MediaInfo
             return stream;
         }
 
+        private string ParseChannelLayout(string input)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(input))
+            {
+                return input;
+            }
+
+            return input.Split('(').FirstOrDefault();
+        }
+
         private string GetAspectRatio(MediaStreamInfo info)
         {
             var original = info.display_aspect_ratio;