Music playback false start / splat at beginning of tracks (Wetek Play2)

1st Official Post

    Apologies if this is not the right place to post this. I have trawled for ages and cannot find any posts on this subject on any forums; Kodi, Librelec or Wetek.

    When I play a music file on Kodi from my library I hear a very short audio "splat" before proper playback commences. This splat is actually the first quarter of a second or so of the track played on it's own before the track starts over again and plays properly. It's a "false start".

    I am running the latest LibreElec version for Wetek Play2 (v8.2.5)

    It happens when playing back files from local drive locations as well as networked ones.

    I have tried all manner of audio (and video) setting changes in Kodi, to no avail.

    It is heard on the optical and HDMI audio outputs (feeding different audio amplifiers).

    Has anyone else experienced this? Any expert guidance would be really appreciated.

    Many thanks!

    MattyC

    • Official Post

    There are known audio issues in the Amlogic 3.14 kernel used in 8.2 builds and there are currently no plans to investigate further as the 3.14 kernel is an evolutionary dead-end. It's the kind of things that will be chased down once we move up to a mainline kernel (which is current work in progress).