[DougShuffield]

Sorry if I missed something or if it's not a suitable alternative for you, but if you may want to use the LAV filters installed on the system, you can try to use the old "Media rules and Filters configuration" method (in the Filter Management selector).

Thanks for the help. I decided to dip my toe in the code and modify the internal LAV Audio settings to include the format tab in the dialog so I can select/deselect the codecs that I want the internal filter to decode. The change required some work in the LAVAudio database functions, dialog functions, and strings.po. Once debugged and storing settings properly, I then added ffdshow and arcsoft video renderer as extra filters to pickup the codecs I wanted it to decode. Bitstreaming HD-MA audio with DSPlayer integrated in Kodi is working like a champ! At some point I may consider including these changes in the main development path, but since I am modifying the Jarvis build I'm not sure if that is feasible. However, I would be happy to share the source and binaries of my build with anyone that might want them.

And yes, excellent work by the developers of Kodi DSPlayer!

Doug