Hi all. Just completed the upgrade and did a quick test if files.
NOTE: All settings are lost with this firmware upgrade, even without using the pin method.
There is a need to fully re-set audio, all video and time settings (defaults to China) before first use.
Auto HDMI and 24Hz does still work for 1080p when switched on.
Kodi also needs settings checked as mine turned off "audio passthrough" and defaulted audio to 2.0 rather than 7.1 (which did not affect 7.1 playback in MediaCenter or Kodi via wrapper)
Kodi 17 RC is automatically installed. I like the new look of the standard skin
Even though I copied over my "userdata" directory files from Kodi 16.1, it wanted to start the library from scratch.
(I should have used Kodi back-up app instead perhaps).
I have stuck with the new 17. Due to the number of files in my library, it is taking a long time to complete the scan.
I can confirm that TrueHD and DTS-HD MA 7.1 both pass fine to my AVR via HDMI from Kodi and MediaCenter. DTS and DolbyDigital pass fine as well.
FLAC 7.1 still has the previous "quirk" of passing in 2.0 unless there is another audio track (like TrueHD 7.1) on the same video file
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The duplicated drive names from Kodi 16 and Android 7 have thankfully all disappeared now
In Music, under Kodi FLAC 5.1 audio was only passed as 2.0 PCM this time BUT the same track passes as 5.1 using MediaCenter.
Not sure why, so I may need to re-check Kodi settings once I find my way around the new interface.
The MediCenter is no longer showing "shorcuts" for previously logged NAS drive directories as it has in past firmware. Can this come back please?