diff -Nraub mplayer.ori/libmpcodecs/ad_faad.c mplayer/libmpcodecs/ad_faad.c
--- mplayer.ori/libmpcodecs/ad_faad.c	2006-10-08 15:58:28.000000000 -0400
+++ mplayer/libmpcodecs/ad_faad.c	2006-10-10 12:10:09.000000000 -0400
@@ -277,7 +277,20 @@
       /* XXX: samples already multiplied by channels! */
       mp_msg(MSGT_DECAUDIO,MSGL_DBG2,"FAAD: Successfully decoded frame (%ld Bytes)!\n",
       sh->samplesize*faac_finfo.samples);
+      
+      if (sh->channels == 6 || sh->channels == 5) {
+         //Source channel order: C L R  SL SR LFE
+         //We want:              L R SL SR C  LFE
+         int i;
+         for (i = 0; i < faac_finfo.samples; i += sh->channels) {
+            memcpy(buf+len+(i+0)*sh->samplesize,faac_sample_buffer+(i+1)*sh->samplesize, sh->samplesize*4);     // L R SL SR
+            memcpy(buf+len+(i+4)*sh->samplesize,faac_sample_buffer+(i+0)*sh->samplesize, sh->samplesize*1);     // C
+            if (sh->channels == 6)
+                memcpy(buf+len+(i+5)*sh->samplesize,faac_sample_buffer+(i+5)*sh->samplesize, sh->samplesize*1); // LFE
+         }
+      } else {      
       memcpy(buf+len,faac_sample_buffer, sh->samplesize*faac_finfo.samples);
+      }
       last_dec_len = sh->samplesize*faac_finfo.samples;
       len += last_dec_len;
       sh->pts_bytes += last_dec_len;