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MOD EDIT - wrxtasy

Posting relevant information for Kodi Krypton:

https://kodi.tv/kodi-v17-krypton-release-candidate-1/

Welcome to Android MediaCodec standards

One of the last custom implementation we had was Amlogic related code which was the device were it all started with Kodi on Android. We had to resolve to this custom implementation back then to access certain hardware parts which Android officially couldn’t yet. Due to this legacy and how we had things implemented we couldn’t switch this off just yet in past releases.

Over the past months with the help of MINIX we have been working closely with the Amlogic to get everything in order and we can say Android Marshmallow and onward will have the best experience possible for devices containing these chipsets.

Amlogic even went as far as adding the IEC61937 audio passthrough back into Android Marshmallow which normally is only available since Android Nougat. We would certainly like to thank Amlogic and MINIX for going to this extend of cooperation making the experience and support of Kodi on Android a bit better.
Now Amlogic has done their part on proving a good bases it’s up to (all Android) manufacturers and vendors to supply updates for their devices (Firmware) over coming months....

Android Firmware that meets the IEC61937 Audio passthrough standard used in SPMC 16.6.0 / Kodi Krypton v17 currently includes the Xiaomi Mi Box, MINIX U9-H, nVIDIA Shield (Nougat), WeTek Hub and Play2 with the MM Firmware update.

EDIT: added to the above is AMLogic Android devices running Android Nougat 7.1 Firmware.

Any other Android Kodi boxes not implementing the IEC standard in Firmware will have DTS, DTS-HD and TrueHD Audio Passthrough issues with Kodi Krypton. These devices must use custom Kodi Jarvis forks for DTS & HD Audio passthrough (usually only AML S812/S905 MINIX and WeTek) - OR Transcode the DTS Audio to AC3, using the following Kodi Audio settings:

NOTE: In Kodi Settings > Player > Video > Sync playback to Display ...must be disabled to get any working Passthrough Audio

Start by: Kodi Settings > System Settings > Audio > Reset above settings to default

Number of Channels: 2.0
Passthrough: On
AC3: Yes
AC3 Transcoding: Yes
DTS: No

OR if you want full HD Audio passthrough with Kodi Krypton on an AMLogic S9xx device, flash LibreELEC Kodi to a Samsung EVO or Sandisk Class 10 microSDHC card.

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