It seems that there are other users experiencing the same issues I am having.
I can also play almost everything through ES Explorer, but the wrapper just kind of 'glitches' and does not play anything.
As ES Explorer is able to view the files, I would expect Kodi to be able to do that as well.
The wrapper just links Kodi to the high end video/audio right ?
I'm playing the files from a NAS (I have some other related posts).
It feels strange that Kodi/Mediaplayer are not able to play content properly whilst ES explorer can