Apparently the kodi box I’m using has libmicrohttpd10 v0.9.33-1
Sat Dec 21 17:26:08 CET 2013 
Anyway sent you a test APK. Even if it works please provide logs to confirm everything about the changes I’ve made.
This seems to work on everything I’ve tried, no skipping… so it’s looking (sounding) good!
Logs attached.
kodi.log (87.3 KB)
debug-2018-08-25.log (524.8 KB)
Thanks.
Fix will be in next release. (8.6.0)
But you may want to update your OS as connection reuse help battery/cpu and everything 
Thanks for the swift resolution!
Indeed I will probably upgrade the OS, when I get the time.
I’m curious, how did you fix it?
The normal workaround
Add the connection: close header to prevent keep alive and connection reuse.
But at higher level than previously so it also impact ExoPlayer.
Thank you. I thought the speed of this response (well, plus the app) was excellent so I’ve left a five star rating on Play.