Surround output on incorrect Channels about audiodecoder.sacd HOT 4 CLOSED

Post your debuglog. If you see that kodi only opens 6 channels and not 7.1 - then Android / whatever OS you are using is doing that by its own intention.

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For bitperfect audio in general, you should use an OS that can open "direct connections" to the sound hardware, e.g. Windows + WASAPI or Linux with ALSA.

On Android in general you rely on the "soundserver" which is Audiotrack. So whatever kodi can do is just "get it right" out of kodi, afterwards the OS does whatever it wants. The really only way around this (100%) is using a format that they can't touch with a sink that they can't touch. This is IEC passthrough. So you won't like this, but if you convert the SACD to e.g. truehd, dts-hd - Android can not break it as it's then kodi doing the IEC packing and outputting without Android touching it IF your AVR / whatever supports that kind of format and the Android box needs to as well (IEC format that is).

For the other passthrough format (RAW), Android has the say in packing ... therefore breaks it again :-)

For PCM content that is not passed through, but decode to PCM and output with the "best capability" the device offers from kodi's POV. Afterwards the soundserver (audiotrack) takes over and does whatever it wants ...

As a founded conclusion: If you want high quality pcm / flac / whatever audio in all cases Android is the wrong choice.

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Thank you @fritsch for this qualified feedback!
Now that i know what WASAPI Stands for i was so brave to use it and guess what: Stereo arrives as 2.0 PCM at the AVR and Multicahannel as 5.1 PCM with the correct Surround Channels adressed. Mission Acomplished!

Now just #11 and #14 must be adressed to make this "the Add-on of the month".

And when playing with the All/Stereo/Multichannel Preset i found some strange behaviours. But this doese not belong here. I will open a separate issue for that.

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@the admins: This can be marked as closed,

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