Hello and a thank you to HeresJohnny, who referred me to this thread.
Since a few weeks I am looking for a multimedia player that is able to play tagged multichannel hires- PCM & DSD files.
Kodi is "my first attempt" and, of course, I came across the problem of "crackling noises" between the tracks.
I have opened a ticket in the trac system.
https://trac.kodi.tv/ticket/17949#no4
In my experience with It projects it is always an advantage to store a lean problem description in a structured database and to hold discussions on it elsewhere (here).
Kodi would really be "my dream" if it could easily play dsf files.
@bluerip
I had also made an attempt with Leia n706, but an SACD Iso was not recognized as an playable audio file.
Unfortunately in Leia nightlies the playback of 5.1 dsf's got completely messed up, not usable at all (stuttering, echoes, low volume..).
I hope there will be some debugging efforts before release.
The only "workaround" I have found is like this:
I extract the 5.1 tracks of a sacd-iso into one large dsf file and let the converter create a cue sheet.
(sacd_extract)
Within Kodi 17 I can (at least) browse into the corresponding folder and play the album without any harmful noise.
The tracks can also be used in playlists.
But I haven't checked if I can enrich the library with it yet.
The tracks are probably not automatically recognized, and the only info is artist, title (album?)
regards
Udo