So it looks like LiveTV will work if I set the following:
- disabling passthrough audio - which makes the audio out of sync, or
- enabling passthrough audio and NOT checking anything below it on, such as Dolby Digital. This is my solution.
tvservice -a
PCM supported: Max channels: 8, Max samplerate: 192kHz, Max samplesize 24 bits.
If I add hdmi_force_edid_audio=1 to config.txt, tvservice -a produces A LOT more, but it doesn’t change anything.
So for now, my solution is enabling passthrough audio and NOT checking anything below it on, such as Dolby Digital.
This post helped me: Audio Passthrough using TV to convert HDMI to Optical? - #13 by scrag
It’s too bad because it was working in 14.1 for over a year before I upgraded. To be fair, my Samsung SmartTV has received updates, and the Raspberry Pi and Kodi 15.2 are an update. So many changes to keep track of!
P.S. My SmartTV can play Dolby Digital and DTS, as I tested this using the Plex app from the Smart TV apps. The computer that runs the “Smart TV” is not part of the same system that allows Audio to passthrough. I hate TV manufacturers for doing this kind of nonsense.