No DTS-HD MA, TrueHD Suddenly! [SOLVED]

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Version: Kodi v17.1 “Krypton” RC1
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
GPU: nVidia GTX 1080 (Driver 378.66)
Receiver: Yamaha RX-A2000

I’ve been using Kodi for a long time now, and I haven’t had this issue before. DTS-HD MA or Dolby TrueHD would pass through to my receiver, no problems, upon media playback. Suddenly this has STOPPED! Only “DTS” or “Dolby Digital” is playing back on my receiver now for media with DTS-HD MA or Dolby TrueHD. I don’t know exactly when this happened – I wasn’t paying attention to my receiver since everything used to work fine. I just noticed this last night.

Applications outside of Kodi DO NOT have this issue. I tested by playing same media in PowerDVD and MPC-HC. Both were passing through DTS-HD MA or Dolby TrueHD.

But Kodi is only passing through DTS & Dolby Digital instead of the HD Formats.

I have NOT TOUCHED these settings in ages. Always been like:

[Image: KODI_AUDIO1.JPG]

[Image: KODI_AUDIO2.JPG]

Here’s MEDIAINFO information from the Audio section of a sample media I’m playing:

Code:
Audio
ID                                       : 2
Format                                   : DTS
Format/Info                              : Digital Theater Systems
Format profile                           : MA / Core
Mode                                     : 16
Format settings, Endianness              : Big
Codec ID                                 : A_DTS
Duration                                 : 1h 56mn
Bit rate mode                            : Variable
Bit rate                                 : Unknown / 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s)                               : 8 channels / 6 channels
Channel positions                        : Front: L C R, Side: L R, Back: L R, LFE / Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                                : 24 bits
Compression mode                         : Lossless / Lossy
Language                                 : English
Default                                  : Yes
Forced                                   : No

This is what my Receiver shows when playing the above file in KODI:

[Image: KODI_DTS2.JPG]

This is what my Receiver shows when playing the above file in in anything else like POWERDVD:

[Image: KODI_DTS1.JPG]

I have no idea what just happened! Why Kodi suddenly stopped passing through DTS-HD MA & TrueHD, and is only playing back in DTS & Dolby Digital.

Any suggestions?

Thanks!