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I didn't see this mentioned back on page 1 during the shitty build explanation, but it appears that on any version after 17.3, the option for DTS passthrough is no longer there on my Sony XBR65X850C running Marshmallow. Since I do not want to transcode to DD and have the best quality stream, is my only option to keep 17.3 and disable auto-updates on my Android TV? That's what I'm doing now, but it's obviously not ideal to have to manually update every other app that I have installed in order to keep myself locked at shitty 17.3 to have working DTS. Do I have any other option with my current setup? Will this situation be better or worse once Nougat finally rolls out to my model? My ears and speakers are never in danger since I always lower the volume on my receiver before starting a movie, and also I use Netflix to play a 5.1 stream before launching Kodi, which apparently keeps the bitstream properly initialized.

 Kodi reopens Audiotrack right away when it starts (and approximately 12 times during startup to check PT capabilities / PCM capabilities). So the effect you see here is another firmware bug. DTS is available on all properly crafted Android versions. When it's missing the FW refuses to open the stream, when we try to do so on startup.