To potential test user:
This is "only" about testing streaming, playing of files, testing codec, etc.
Known issue right now is that it does not stop playing, even when closing the app.
Force closing the app should help in this case.

All in all feedback sounds promising, so I'll go this way, and generate a new test version.

EDIT: I removed the test file, as many testers replied, thanks for that!
Once there is a new version to test I'll inform you again.

I am interested in alpha testing the apk too with the new player, we just reuploaded our full nextcloud to reset old encryption, and video playing on android is still buggy. Working perfectly on Chrome/Firefox Mobile
Where can we find the apk to test with Exoplayer ? I could provide feedback or adb debugs too
Best Regards

Where can we find the apk to test with Exoplayer ?

I removed it for now, but will update this PR soon and then there is a new version to test.

Any updates on this?

@tobiasKaminsky any update here? :)

Working very nice, videos are starting instandly

Working very nice, videos are starting instandly

For me the same, also with local external storage on the server side.

Thanks, I tested it and it starts indeed smoothly, and changing orientation of the phone is also working smoothly, BUT, I do cope with 3 problems

• Fullscreen: How can we enable fullscreen ?
• Crash : When trying to use the back button to exit the movie, it leaves the app
• Crash: If I try to browse the movie, it also crashes

But thanks for your effort, it is already super nice to see the movies starting so quickly !

Best Regards

@lftsy thanks for your feedback.
Can you check newest apk and give us a stracktrace, when it crashes:
https://github.com/nextcloud/android/blob/master/README.md#getting-debug-info-via-logcat

Fullscreen is for now shown in option menu.

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master-IT test failed, but no output was generated. Maybe a preliminary stage failed.

master-IT test failed: https://www.kaminsky.me/nc-dev/android-integrationTests/1301-IT-master-08-25

stable-IT test failed, but no output was generated. Maybe a preliminary stage failed.

stable-IT test failed: https://www.kaminsky.me/nc-dev/android-integrationTests/1301-IT-stable-08-28

APK file: https://www.kaminsky.me/nc-dev/android-artifacts/8132.apk

To test this change/fix you can simply download above APK file and install and test it in parallel to your existing Nextcloud app.

"Stream with" out of the player menu doesn't have any effect.

APK file: https://www.kaminsky.me/nc-dev/android-artifacts/8132.apk

To test this change/fix you can simply download above APK file and install and test it in parallel to your existing Nextcloud app.

@tobiasKaminsky MKV videos play but you only see a black screen and only hear the audio. I can share the file via mail if you want.

Will this pullrequest also make it possible to cast content to chromecast and such?
https://medium.com/android-news/sending-media-to-chromecast-has-never-been-easier-c331eeef1e0a

Will this pullrequest also make it possible to cast content to chromecast and such?
https://medium.com/android-news/sending-media-to-chromecast-has-never-been-easier-c331eeef1e0a

I don't think. But you can very easy use cromecast if you stream to vlc, bubbleupnp oder allcast

Good evening everybody and sorry for the delay in answering

** Actions**

1. I have tested your last version @tobiasKaminsky and I am not able to reproduce the 2 crashes I had browsing the movie and using the back button ! And I also see that arrows keys to browse the movie do not appear twice
   => Thanks for the fixes !!
2. Fullscreen is also working indeed from the option menu, sorry if I missed this one on the older version !

** Problems I coped with**

1. Audio in bg: I did cope several times with the "Known issue right now is that it does not stop playing, even when closing the app."
   => Let me know if you need an output of this one ?
2. Playing old .avi not working and no error displayed : I was tying to play an old .avi file Fantomas.avi and on the app, it doesn't start playing and do not display any error, I do see "" in the adb logcat "Unsupported RIFF format: 1096173856" + "Playback error" , cf adb-logcat-nextcloud-qa-8132-avi-not-playing-no-error-visible.log
   => when there is an error, it might be helpful here to display a generic error that format is not supported

@ALL

1. Thank you very much for your work on this problem, I will keep testing it and provide steps to reproduce + logcat if I cope with other problems related to ExoPlayer integration

Best Regards

I'll merge this now, after CI.

@lftsy thanks for your feedback, can you create new issues once this happen again?

APK file: https://www.kaminsky.me/nc-dev/android-artifacts/8132.apk



To test this change/fix you can simply download above APK file and install and test it in parallel to your existing Nextcloud app.

master-Unit test failed: https://www.kaminsky.me/nc-dev/android-integrationTests/1514-Unit-master-08-15

stable-Unit test failed: https://www.kaminsky.me/nc-dev/android-integrationTests/1514-Unit-stable-08-19

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Honestly exoplayer is way worse than the original player, at least with the original player when it was unable to process either the video format or the audio format, it would stop player when you closed it, exoplayer just starts spinning up processes like its' life depends on it, is there really no better alternative than this? Video player is essentially broken 99% of the time