[pettergulbra]

What SPMC has over Kodi v16 (as v17 is still in Beta)
Taken selection from the changelogs, as always some things are more important to some than others.

HD Audio passthrough
Add possibility to choose IEC or RAW passthrough (via passthrough device)
Autostart at boot (this is huge for wife friendly factor)
GUI size setting (Allow 4k gui on Shield)
Only give codec priority to Mediacodec(Surface) for 4K
Android TV recommendations and voice search
SSL enabled MySql
Setting to force SMB v1
Basic Bluray 3D iso playback
Stop video playback when screen goes off
The ever good ol' "Import All" option
Add reboot & shutdown on rooted devices
Add support for AudioFormat::ENCODING_IEC61937 (Android N IEC passthrough)
Boost center channel on downmix
HQ scalers
GUI selection of H/W decoders
additional "ffmpeg" s/w deinterlace (this is a huge one for many)

What will then be the difference when it come to 17 in Kodi?

I ask, because if you need help with SPMC, there is no guaranty that any one can help.
And the community for SPMC at Github is not as big. I think Koying is the only person that maintain the SPMC, so
it`s not strange he can`t keep up with everyone. :-)

I have used SPMC for a long time on my nVidia Shield TV, I will say it performs good for me.
But I have some issues with FF/RW, stop and play. That is my only problems I think :-)

I don`t use HD audio and 4K. :-)