Cannot play 5.1 sound on laptop only

Did you install the E-AC3 codec on the Windows laptop?
Either this: EAC3 audio not working in windows 11 (fix provided)
or this: [BUG] Problem with (E-)AC3 Codec and Windows update 24H2 - #77 by harisled

It can’t hurt to have Releases · Nevcairiel/LAVFilters · GitHub on this machine as well.