Hi cinfo ,
The new Kodi 17.0 Krypton has good improvements over 16.1 Jarvis.
One of those improvements is the ( info ) tab next to the ( video ) tab. this tab shows you the information of the codec and if it is being used .
In my case the Hardware Decoding - Inactive .
The HEVC/h265 codec is installed in Kodi but is not activated when a video needs this to be.
Can you show us the command used to enable this ?
I am sure it is easy.
Best Regards and i apologize for any inconvenience.