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dual-mono 2 channel MPEG Layer 2 files should be played as stereo (like in ffplay and MPC), 2 channel should be shown in codec info

I have stereo file which wrongly has Format settings: Dual mono (Mediainfo info and file icluded) but 2 channels. VLC is the only player which uses only left channel (like in #21545 (closed)) in both L and R of my speakers by default. Please reconsider default behaviour. Also can you please show channel info in VLC codec info (you will need it, I think).

Mediainfo (compare to VLC codec info):

General
Unique ID                   : 137193082324776112614547908247654095879 (0x67366D31CDF64248B63E3DA2FEC5DC07)
Complete name               : L:\Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Tel Aviv, Israel\01.ESC 2019. Tel Aviv. Semifinal 1_FEED 1080i. J Silver.mka
Format                      : Matroska
Format version              : Version 4
File size                   : 377 MiB
Duration                    : 2 h 17 min
Overall bit rate mode       : Constant
Overall bit rate            : 385 kb/s
Encoded date                : UTC 2019-06-07 11:21:18
Writing application         : mkvmerge v34.0.0 ('Sight and Seen') 64-bit
Writing library             : libebml v1.3.7 + libmatroska v1.5.0

Audio
ID                          : 1
Format                      : MPEG Audio
Format version              : Version 1
Format profile              : Layer 2
Format settings             : Dual mono
Codec ID                    : A_MPEG/L2
Codec ID/Hint               : MP2
Duration                    : 2 h 17 min
Bit rate mode               : Constant
Bit rate                    : 384 kb/s
Channel(s)                  : 2 channels     //this is important
Sampling rate               : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate                  : 41.667 FPS (1152 SPF)
Compression mode            : Lossy
Stream size                 : 376 MiB (100%)
Default                     : Yes
Forced                      : No
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