(2017-03-17, 23:35)cetama Wrote: I think it should be clear to all developers here that for example Amazon won't care about updating the android firmware just to make Kodi work again...
Yes you are exactly correct.
Amazon's Hardware is sold at cost or at a loss and its primary purpose is to make money for Amazon - from Books, Apps and Video streaming services & more. They don't care about anything else.
Amazon devices should be used for Amazon Video and Android streaming Apps only - so users can make money for Amazon - with free Sideloaded Kodi Krypton usage as a now distant secondary consideration.
Quote:The users will suffer from this decision.
Yes you can join the queue of AMLogic Android Marshmallow, Android Sony TV, HiMedia Q5/Q10, Zidoo X9S and other Krypton users that now have Android Firmware that does not met the required Kodi Krypton - Mediacodec and IEC Audio standards.
Quote:For me I upgraded to Krypton and now the sound doesn't work as expected. What options do I have here - I can try a downgrade and loose all my settings.I think at least an option or switch would have been great here to decide if I as a user want to use the "shitty" audio implementation. Just my two cents.
To be frank, if it were me I would stop using Android all together for Kodi Krypton. Leave it for Android Apps only or external media player solutions. I prefer a Two box or Dual Boot Android / LibreELEC solution. I get Android Apps and a smooth implementation of LibreELEC Kodi without compromises.
Why ?
- there is no regular Kodi Android code maintainer...
- there is no regular Kodi Android code maintainer....
- there is no comprehensive pre-release Android Kodi testing compared to other Kodi OS releases.
- its why Android Kodi has now insisted on using mediacodec and IEC Audio standards across all Android Kodi devices.
- various Android Kodi Krypton A/V features are now broken if you do not have bang up to date Firmware.
- numerous and frequent, major Android OS upgrades always seriously breaks something with Android Kodi. Its the price you pay for new Android features.
- Android is an inherently unstable OS compared to say Windows, OSX or Linux/LibreELEC for Kodi.
The closest you will get to ongoing Android Kodi support now exists in the Android Kodi forks - Koying's SPMC and Davilla's MrMC releases.
Some prefer paying the Price for the most competant - All in One Box - Android Kodi solution - the nVIDIA Shield.
And one final TIP - likely the most important of the lot -
the Kodi Diamond Sponsors - MINIX, WeTek and nVIDIA have a vested (special) interest in making sure Kodi runs relatively smoothly, out of the box on their devices. This has always been the case and is nothing new.