[TIMOB-18045] Ti.Media.Videoplayer wont stream m3u8 on Android 4.4.4

GitHub Issue	n/a
Type	Bug
Priority	Medium
Status	Closed
Resolution	Not Our Bug
Resolution Date	2014-11-18T00:00:19.000+0000
Affected Version/s	n/a
Fix Version/s	n/a
Components	Android
Labels	n/a
Reporter	Seth Toda
Assignee	Ingo Muschenetz
Created	2014-11-17T23:54:09.000+0000
Updated	2017-03-16T22:56:18.000+0000

Description

There seems to be a bug with streaming video using Ti.Media.VideoPlayer on Android 4.4.4. Tested on: Samsung S5 4.4.4: Fail Samsung S5 4.4.2: Pass Nexus 5 4.4.4: Fail Nexus 5 4.4.2: Pass Nexus 4 4.4.4: Fail

Expected behavior

Full screen player streams m3u8 video

Actual behavior

Blank screen accompanied with the following logs

[DEBUG] :  OpenGLRenderer: Enabling debug mode 0
[DEBUG] :  Window: Checkpoint: postWindowCreated()
[DEBUG] :  MediaPlayer: Couldn't open file on client side, trying server side
[WARN] :   AudioSystem: AudioFlinger server died!
[WARN] :   IMediaDeathNotifier: media server died
[ERROR] :  MediaPlayer: error (100, 0)
[INFO] :   ServiceManager: Waiting for service media.audio_flinger...
[DEBUG] :  MediaPlayer: Couldn't open file on client side, trying server side
[WARN] :   MediaPlayer: mediaplayer went away with unhandled events
[WARN] :   AudioSystem: AudioFlinger server died!
[WARN] :   IMediaDeathNotifier: media server died
[ERROR] :  MediaPlayer: error (100, 0)
[ERROR] :  MediaPlayer: Error (100,0)
[DEBUG] :  TiVideoView8: (main) [33134,33134] Error: 100,0

Code to reproduce

index.xml

<Alloy>
	<Window id="win" class="container" >
		<VideoPlayer id="vid"></VideoPlayer>
	</Window>
</Alloy>

index.js

$.win.open();

function play(){
	
	// added delay to rule out possibility of timing issue (like trying to play the video before the url is set)
	setTimeout(function(){
		$.vid.play();
	},3000);
};
play();

index.tss

"#vid" : {
	width : Ti.UI.FILL,
	height : Ti.UI.FILL,
	entering : false, 
	fullscreen : false, 
	touchEnabled : true,
	bubbleParent : false,
	autoplay : false,
	backgroundColor : "#000",
	scalingMode : Titanium.Media.VIDEO_SCALING_ASPECT_FIT,
	mediaControlStyle : Titanium.Media.VIDEO_CONTROL_NONE,
	zIndex : 1,
	url:"http://d3jr0h7offc3h1.cloudfront.net/api/Useek_Jack_Sarrow_March_15/Useek_Jack_Sarrow_March_15_master.m3u8"
}

Comments

Ingo Muschenetz 2014-11-18

This appears to be a Google issue. Please see https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=72875 There is no current ETA for a fix.
Seth Toda 2014-11-18

Thanks [~ingo]!
Lee Morris 2017-03-16

Closing ticket as this issue is not our bug.

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