During the "live" tests (booted from an USB drive) I had to play from the same USB stick that I booted from.
Otherwise I "stream" all my Media over my 1GB network connection the same way I did when I tested kodi in a windows instance.
Makes sense.
Please check pass-through activation again. Use the default skin, and activate "Expert" settings on LE's audio settings.
- pass-through: enabled
- Dolby Digital receiver: enabled
- DTS receiver: enabled
Try different audio output devices (HDMI MAI vs. MEI). Also try more than 2 output channels.
The debug logs are still a puzzle to me, because they have kernel errors. I'll have another look, soon...