[donatj]

I was just complaining to a coworker about this on Friday. I have to correct my audio balance all the time, it’s obnoxious.

[forgotmypw17]

Not sure if you got far enough on the linked page, but there's a utility to automatically fix it when it happens:

https://www.tunabellysoftware.com/balance_lock/

Of course it's kind of messed up that this is necessary, but there it is.

[donatj]

I am going to try the fix of just changing the bit rate back and forth first, see if it stays.