The new audio changes in Krypton broke DTS audio passthrough on my FireTV boxes. I do not see Amazon updating FireOS to based on Marshmallow or newer Android builds anytime soon. Is there any workaround to get DTS audio support back in Kryton, possibly by buidling KODI from source? Or has somebody forked an “unofficial” Krypton build that still has the old audio setup? Personally, I don’t care if Android standards guys said the “hack” that was in place to have DTS Passthrough on Android below API 23 working is “safe” or not. Bottom line is It worked fine in the last 2 stable versions of KODI. Is there not a a way to allow this to work on Android set top boxes, but not allow it mobile devices? I read something in the thread about the DTS hack allowing white noise or something that could potentially be bad for somebody wearing headphones; however this wouldn’t be an issue with a set top box.
Those of us using Android STBs do so for a reason, Things like HBO NOW, HBO GO, Showtime Anytime, etc. Android apps that can work out of KODI alongside your local library AND have remote control support. We are at the mercy of of what Amazon builds FireOS off of, and “bugging our vendor” is not going to help as I’m sure Amazon could care less about KODI (in a way it competes with the purpose of their device).
So is DTS gone for good on these boxes? If so, this REALLY, REALLY sucks. I just got used to the new skin in Krypton builds and do not really want to be stuck on Jarvis builds, just to have DTS passthrough working on my devices. I would probably feel differently if DTS Passthrough had never worked to begin with, but when a key feature is taken away that was functioning well for a long time, and the only solution to use Krypton builds AND have working DTS Passthrough is to basically purchase new hardware is very frustrating. Especially when the current hardware functions just fine.
Suggestions or workarounds are appreciated.