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Throw it away a wait till you get new firmware update on it. Sorry but not our problem

Have the latest firmware released in November 2016, can anyone confirm getting DTS in android using Kodi 17?
It is a bug in Kodi 17

As Martjn, Fritsch and others have been saying its NOT a bug in Kodi 17 but the shitty Android Firmware you have on your box.

You better hope like hell that wherever/whomever you got your box from updates its Android Firmware to fix your DTS Audio issues otherwise throw the device away and get a Android Box with Firmware support OR if its an AML S905 use LibreELEC OR as a last resort look for 3rd party Android Firmware on the Freaktab Website.
Chalk it down to an educational experience. We all have one or two dud, unsupported devices in our Skeleton closet

This needs to be read as well if not done already....

https://kodi.tv/kodi-v17-krypton-release-candidate-1/

Welcome to Android MediaCodec standards only

One of the last custom implementation we had was Amlogic related code which was the device were it all started with Kodi on Android. We had to resolve to this custom implementation back then to access certain hardware parts which Android officially couldn’t yet. Due to this legacy and how we had things implemented we couldn’t switch this off just yet in past releases.

Over the past months with the help of MINIX we have been working closely with the Amlogic to get everything in order and we can say Android Marshmallow and onward will have the best experience possible for devices containing these chipsets.

Amlogic even went as far as adding the IEC61937 audio passthrough back into Android Marshmallow which normally is only available since Android Nougat. We would certainly like to thank Amlogic and MINIX for going to this extend of cooperation making the experience and support of Kodi on Android a bit better.
Now Amlogic has done their part on proving a good bases it’s up to manufacturers and vendors to supply updates for their devices over coming months....

And as an Example of a vendor providing good support. The AMLogic Marshmallow S905x Xiaomi Mi Box got a Firmware update a couple of days ago that contains this IEC Audio support. It can now passthrough 5.1/7.1 Dolby Atmos/TrueHD, DTS:X/HD-Master Audio with Kodi Krypton RC3. This is exactly what we mean by supported Android Kodi boxes.

In fact I see very few reasons why a person would purchase a cheap unsupported Android device if they want regular Firmware updates and Kodi support to be improved upon and Kodi A/V features to actually work.

What I find amazing is these claims that it is the devices fault, when there is a thread specifically about how they tested passthru and here is a post where someone confirmed DTS passthru was working and showed the proper format (DTS) on an onkyo receiver (they have roughly the same setup I have)... So magically it worked in 16, but now with 17 it must be the devices fault?

I am running Kodi on a Fire Tv 2 (4k) ...

Edit: The question is why did you remove the "pcm hacks" when they seem to work fine? Or atleast give us the option to use them (since they apparently worked fine in 16.1) instead of forcing us to use the standards?
http://46.43.42.37/ticket/16875?cversion=0&cnum_hist=17

Changed at 2016-09-02T18:08:45+01:00 by fritsch - Kodi 17 will only support "standards" - if the firetv does not support these standards, you won't have a chance with version 17. I am in the progress of removing the PCM hacks.

I have been using XBMC (Kodi) since it first came out for the original xbox (Back in the Xbox Media Player days)... The entire project was developed on a hack so why all of the sudden is it not acceptable to still utilize a hack if it seemed to work for so many?