[MasterCATZ]

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video showing ubuntu's default players stops ( playing local file ) and youtube just sits their buffering when kodi is launched and instantly resume when kodi closes 

debug log of kodi while loading into main menu before profiles loaded also in linked shared folder 

and I can use ubuntu's  default player ( totem) / qmplay2 / vlc / youtube / jellyfin all running at same time no issues 

how ever qmplay2 seems to be the only one unaffected by kodi starting ?


*edit* 
looks like it is caused by using alsa which is what I use to run my external sound card for SPDIF dts pass-through  , but the other applications are setup for on-board use , my last pc build worked fine while using passuspender

I will tinker around with sound settings Realtek ALC887 codec onboard / Sound Blaster X-Fi SPDIF

is their a way to block pulse-audio accessing the usb sound card ? so far it seems I have to start kodi with passuspender then pulseaudio -k
, pulseaudio --start to remove the usb sound card from pulseaudio's hands and all works woth kodi using the SPDIF and everything else using the onboard