[Jeho.rm]

Hello I've got a strange problem:

When I boot my Fire TV without the beamer (beamer is in standby, HDMI is connected OR HDMI is not connected at all) I either can't start any music playback or it is heavily distorted. As soon as I start and connect the beamer, the music playback is fine. When I disconnect HDMI, music will stay fine until the Fire TV is rebooted.

I'm using a first gen. Fire TV with Kodi (tried 15.2&16.0b5) connected to my receiver via S/PDIF and via HDMI to my beamer.

The sound output in the Fire TV is configured as Stereo via HDMI and DD via S/PDIF.
In Kodi, it is set to Stereo 2.0, best match, and pass through.


I plugged HDMI in at around 15:05:28 T:1524255168:

Log:

http://pastebin.com/TX7V3Mqt



*Edit:

Well, looks as if this is a Fire TV issue - all audio is distorted till an active HDMI Device is or was connected at least once during uptime... that makes me really sad somehow...

[Jeho.rm]

Well, just for your information or if anyone encounters a similar problem: it does not work. The box needs an HDMI handshake or most likely an identified display once after reboot to play music. It is the same with the Fire TV 2. A HDMI-to S/PDIF converter or a switch do not seem to provide a solution. My workaround: the box is not disconnected from power and thus not rebooted when my other equipment is powered down. Works like a charm but wastes ~26 kW of power per year.