Comment by hbn
4 hours ago
It wasn't a surround sound system, we were watching on the built-in app on a Fire TV from the TV's speakers.
Also just Google "malcolm in the middle missing audio" and you'll find a ton of people with the issue
https://www.reddit.com/r/malcolminthemiddle/comments/1kggg7d...
This also reminded me of another issue - the show was filmed to be broadcast in 4:3 but apparently someone along the line decided 16:9 is inherently better, so they put out the show in widescreen and now there's a ton of shots where you can see things you're not supposed to see. Someone else standing in for an actor that wasn't there when they filmed, or a toy doll in place of a real baby because they filmed on a day the baby actor wasn't there.
Yup. That’s your issue. Disney+ outputting Dolby 5.1 and your speakers are stereo.
Well it's still their fault for not making sure their audio works on a normal, non-surround setup
Also worth noting that we switched the audio track to Spanish and you can hear it just fine.
This shouldn't be an issue anybody has. We've had Dolby surround sound for over 40 years now, and everything was fine until recently. We had quadrophonic sound years before that.
That's not what the link says. In fact it is specifically saying it should be working in stereo but tdolby surround has missing channels.