I am looking for good and simple example/explanation how to implement ExoPlayer for HLS Adaptive streaming. I am a newbie and do not have experience and knowledge so I can figure how to do this from code example on git.
There are too many 'moving parts' so beginner can understand and reuse it in own projects.
Can somebody help me to learn and understand how to use/implement ExoPlayer in order to achieve this functionality?
Thanks!
The easiest way to get started using ExoPlayer is to add it as a gradle dependency. You need to make sure you have the jcenter repository included in the build.gradle file in the root of your project:
repositories {
jcenter()
}
Next, include the following in your module's build.gradle file:
compile 'com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer:r2.2.0'
1. Your Layout File
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<FrameLayout
android:id="@+id/activity_main"
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent">
<com.google.android.exoplayer2.ui.SimpleExoPlayerView
android:id="@+id/player_view"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:focusable="true"
app:resize_mode="fill"/>
<ProgressBar
android:id="@+id/progressBar"
style="?android:attr/progressBarStyle"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center"
android:visibility="gone"/>
</FrameLayout>
2. Your Class File(Activity)
public class VideoPlayerActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements ExoPlayer.EventListener {
private SimpleExoPlayerView simpleExoPlayerView;
private String hlsVideoUri = "http://playertest.longtailvideo.com/adaptive/bbbfull/bbbfull.m3u8";
private SimpleExoPlayer player;
private ProgressBar progressBar;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_video_player);
// 1. Create a default TrackSelector
Handler mainHandler = new Handler();
BandwidthMeter bandwidthMeter = new DefaultBandwidthMeter();
TrackSelection.Factory videoTrackSelectionFactory = new AdaptiveVideoTrackSelection.Factory(bandwidthMeter);
TrackSelector trackSelector = new DefaultTrackSelector(videoTrackSelectionFactory);
// 2. Create a default LoadControl
LoadControl loadControl = new DefaultLoadControl();
// 3. Create the player
player = ExoPlayerFactory.newSimpleInstance(this, trackSelector, loadControl);
simpleExoPlayerView = (SimpleExoPlayerView) findViewById(R.id.player_view);
simpleExoPlayerView.setPlayer(player);
// Measures bandwidth during playback. Can be null if not required.
DefaultBandwidthMeter defaultBandwidthMeter = new DefaultBandwidthMeter();
// Produces DataSource instances through which media data is loaded.
DataSource.Factory dataSourceFactory = new DefaultDataSourceFactory(this,
Util.getUserAgent(this, "Exo2"), defaultBandwidthMeter);
// Produces Extractor instances for parsing the media data.
ExtractorsFactory extractorsFactory = new DefaultExtractorsFactory();
// This is the MediaSource representing the media to be played.
HlsMediaSource hlsMediaSource = new HlsMediaSource(Uri.parse(hlsVideoUri), dataSourceFactory, mainHandler, new AdaptiveMediaSourceEventListener() {
@Override
public void onLoadStarted(DataSpec dataSpec, int dataType, int trackType, Format trackFormat, int trackSelectionReason, Object trackSelectionData, long mediaStartTimeMs, long mediaEndTimeMs, long elapsedRealtimeMs) {
}
@Override
public void onLoadCompleted(DataSpec dataSpec, int dataType, int trackType, Format trackFormat, int trackSelectionReason, Object trackSelectionData, long mediaStartTimeMs, long mediaEndTimeMs, long elapsedRealtimeMs, long loadDurationMs, long bytesLoaded) {
}
@Override
public void onLoadCanceled(DataSpec dataSpec, int dataType, int trackType, Format trackFormat, int trackSelectionReason, Object trackSelectionData, long mediaStartTimeMs, long mediaEndTimeMs, long elapsedRealtimeMs, long loadDurationMs, long bytesLoaded) {
}
@Override
public void onLoadError(DataSpec dataSpec, int dataType, int trackType, Format trackFormat, int trackSelectionReason, Object trackSelectionData, long mediaStartTimeMs, long mediaEndTimeMs, long elapsedRealtimeMs, long loadDurationMs, long bytesLoaded, IOException error, boolean wasCanceled) {
}
@Override
public void onUpstreamDiscarded(int trackType, long mediaStartTimeMs, long mediaEndTimeMs) {
}
@Override
public void onDownstreamFormatChanged(int trackType, Format trackFormat, int trackSelectionReason, Object trackSelectionData, long mediaTimeMs) {
}
});
player.addListener(this);
player.prepare(hlsMediaSource);
simpleExoPlayerView.requestFocus();
player.setPlayWhenReady(true);
progressBar = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar);
}
@Override
public void onTimelineChanged(Timeline timeline, Object manifest) {
}
@Override
public void onTracksChanged(TrackGroupArray trackGroups, TrackSelectionArray trackSelections) {
}
@Override
public void onLoadingChanged(boolean isLoading) {
}
@Override
public void onPlayerStateChanged(boolean playWhenReady, int playbackState) {
switch (playbackState) {
case Player.STATE_BUFFERING:
//You can use progress dialog to show user that video is preparing or buffering so please wait
progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
break;
case Player.STATE_IDLE:
//idle state
break;
case Player.STATE_READY:
// dismiss your dialog here because our video is ready to play now
progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
break;
case Player.STATE_ENDED:
// do your processing after ending of video
break;
}
}
@Override
public void onPlayerError(ExoPlaybackException error) {
AlertDialog.Builder adb = new AlertDialog.Builder(VideoPlayerActivity.this);
adb.setTitle("Could not able to stream video");
adb.setMessage("It seems that something is going wrong.\nPlease try again.");
adb.setPositiveButton("OK", new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
dialog.dismiss();
finish(); // take out user from this activity. you can skip this
}
});
AlertDialog ad = adb.create();
ad.show();
}
@Override
public void onPositionDiscontinuity() {
}
@Override
protected void onPause() {
super.onPause();
if (player != null) {
player.setPlayWhenReady(false); //to pause a video because now our video player is not in focus
}
}
@Override
protected void onDestroy() {
super.onDestroy();
player.release();
}
}
I think this is enough for beginner. Also keep in mind that this library's standard audio and video components rely on Android’s MediaCodec API, which was released in Android 4.1 (API level 16). So it will not work on android 4.0 and below.
Don't forget to add this permission to the manifest file :
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
BehindLiveWindowException for this code? I see that there is a bug regarding this issue on github. I have override method onPlayerError from ExoPlayer.EventListener interface but no luck. Any suggestions? –
Enginery 720p video on server and wanted It should play according to network bandwidth. does Exoplaer do this automatically? –
Cerelia The answer from @Vicky will work, but has one flaw.
The bandwidth meter that you pass to the track selector must be the same one that the datasource factory uses. The data source factory maintains the bandwidth estimate by calling the BW meter methods, and the adaptive track selection process gets the estimate to decide which track to adapt to.
If they are not the same instance, the adaptive selection always gets -1 as the BW, and picks some middle ground option.
The demo ExoPlayer apps also have this flaw. They pass false to the useBwMeter in buildDataSource(), which means no updating of the BW estimate EDIT: Actually, this BW meter is for the manifest loader. It does not need to use the BW meter.
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