2016-11-27, 07:07
OK, let me be the first to respectfully ask that you revert back to the old method of doing audio passthrough. I understand the motivation behind the change, but I think the benefits of reverting the code outweigh the drawbacks. I have a Fire TV and the new Kodi audio passthrough only does AC3 on it (and very badly). This makes the app unusable because proper audio passthrough is a crucial feature. If things stay the way they're in the beta, Kodi 16 will be the last usable version for a lot of users of FTV and a whole lot of other devices, as I'm sure you realize.
We all know the vast majority of current Android 4 or 5 media players will never be updated to Android 6+. And even the ones that do get updated, will have no guarantee the firmware will include proper DTS support anyway. That leaves Kodi's audio passthrough feature very inconsistent across devices.
As a developer myself, I believe the consistency of your software across multiple platforms is more important than only keeping code that you like. If that means having to do some workarounds or a hacks or include less than ideal code, that has to be the way. IME, the audio passthrough worked just fine on the older versions. It does not seem to me that there's a good reason to remove it.
We all know the vast majority of current Android 4 or 5 media players will never be updated to Android 6+. And even the ones that do get updated, will have no guarantee the firmware will include proper DTS support anyway. That leaves Kodi's audio passthrough feature very inconsistent across devices.
As a developer myself, I believe the consistency of your software across multiple platforms is more important than only keeping code that you like. If that means having to do some workarounds or a hacks or include less than ideal code, that has to be the way. IME, the audio passthrough worked just fine on the older versions. It does not seem to me that there's a good reason to remove it.
