Kodi "WASAPI initialization failed" with MOTU UltraLite-mk5 USB audio interface.



Hi, I’m having trouble getting WASAPI exclusive mode to work with a specific audio device: a MOTU UltraLite-mk5 USB audio interface.

Kodi: 21.1.0 x64
Windows: 10 Pro x64 22H2 19045.4894
CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K
RAM: 32GB
Link to log

The two exclusive mode checkboxes in Windows Control Panel are both checked for the UltraLite-mk5.

Important notes:

  • Foobar2000’s WASAPI Exclusive mode is working fine with the UltraLite-mk5 on the same system.
  • Kodi’s WASAPI Exclusive mode works with a different USB DAC (SteelSeries GameDAC Gen 2) on the same system.

So as you can see, both the UltraLite-mk5 and Kodi support WASAPI, it’s just the combination of the two that seems to be problematic. Any ideas how to resolve this? Thanks.