2016-11-30, 04:50
(2016-11-30, 04:23)wrxtasy Wrote: Believe us when we tell you it's the poor Firmware you have on that cheap Android Beelink device that is the root cause of the problem.Well now, please just wait one second here.
Why am I saying this...it's because Passthrough works with SPMC and Kodi on devices like the WeTek's and MINIX AMLogic devices
The nVIDIA Shield's audio works properly as well with SPMC.
Stop blaming SPMC when your cheap Ass devices Firmware, basically has crap Audio support.
The Freaktab website may have some bug fixed Firmware that may help.
Please understand that I have not "blamed" anybody or anything. That's too strong a word, and I would strive to avoid giving that kind of offense. I greatly respect all of the hard work of both Koying, and you, and everybody else who has had a hand in bringing this great software to me. So that's #1.
My point #2 however is just to reiterate what I already have noted in this thread, i.e. that under the exact same hardware box, with the exact same OS, and the exact same OS settings, and playing the exact same DVD ISO, Kodi itself does successfully perform the 5.1 passthough to my A/V receiver, whereas SPMC does not. So, based on that set of facts, does this sound like there's an unavoidable Android firmware bug embedded into the firmware of this box? Logically, no, since Kodi can and does do the passthough, no problem. (I don't need to go off and consult Freaktab to know that passthough is possible on this box without any special fiddling, because Kodi has already proved that it quite certainly is possible.)
It's obviously to me from these facts that there is just some point in the code where Kodi takes the left fork in the road and SPMC takes the right fork. (Ok, it might not be quite that simple, but that's a good first approximation to a description of what's happening that could result in the facts as I've presented them.)
New firmware isn't the answer, because the firmware clearly isn't the problem. Kodi itself proves that. Kodi can and does do passthrough on this box, with the current firmware & settings. If SPMC can just do whatever kodi is doing to achieve that, then that will be terrific. But if not, then I guess I'm gonna have to send my copy of SPMC back for a full refund of the purchase price. :-)
(Just kidding, of course. As I've already said, I'll be using SPMC on my Beelink no matter what, because the MPEG2 rendering is sharp as a tack, and because I can probably live with just 2 chan stereo for a long long time. In fact, I can't even remember the last time I powered up my rear speakers.)
P.S. I hope my Fire TV will arrive in a day or three. It will be interesting to see how well Kodi & SPMC do on that box. (Given the vagely disparaging comment already made in this thread about the Fire TV, I am not entirely hopeful. Are there known issues with Kodi/SPMC on the Fire TV under Android?)
