HLS: Live TV Fails to Play [com.google.android.exoplayer2.ParserException: Cannot find sync byte. Most likely not a Transport Stream.]

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Playlist URL [https://t1.tvmak.com/tv/TVSHENJA.m3u8?aBtVmfe1F7]

You can see that HLS.js library is playing this playlist very well on “https://tvmak.com/tvshenja” while ExoPlayer, throws exception.

Is there any other way to load this kind of Playlist or … ?

    fun createMediaSource(
        context: Context,
        uri: Uri,
        headers: Map<String, String>? = null
    ): MediaSource {
        val dataSource = buildDataSourceFactory(context, headers)
        val factory = buildMediaSourceFactory(dataSource, uri)
        return factory.createMediaSource(uri)
    }

    private fun buildDataSourceFactory(
        context: Context,
        headers: Map<String, String>?,
    ): () -> DefaultDataSource {
        return {
            val defaultHttpDataSource = DefaultHttpDataSource(USER_AGENT)
            headers?.let {
                for (h in it)
                    defaultHttpDataSource.setRequestProperty(h.key, h.value)
            }
            DefaultDataSource(context, defaultHttpDataSource)
        }
    }

    private fun buildMediaSourceFactory(
        factory: DataSource.Factory,
        uri: Uri
    ): MediaSourceFactory {
        return when (val type = Util.inferContentType(uri)) {
            C.TYPE_SS -> SsMediaSource.Factory(factory)
            C.TYPE_DASH -> DashMediaSource.Factory(factory)
            C.TYPE_HLS -> HlsMediaSource.Factory(factory)
            C.TYPE_OTHER -> ProgressiveMediaSource.Factory(factory)
            else -> throw IllegalStateException("Unsupported type: $type");
        }
    }

Issue Analytics

  • State:closed
  • Created 3 years ago
  • Comments:6 (3 by maintainers)

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kim-vdecommented, Sep 11, 2020

Sorry but I get the same error with the new file. Can you send an example stream directly by email as indicated in my previous comment?

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kim-vdecommented, Sep 10, 2020

I get an error ERR_CONNECTION_REFUSED when trying to open the link. Could you please fix this or send the HLS manifest directly? If you’re unable to share the test content publicly, please send it to dev.exoplayer@gmail.com using subject “Issue #7876”. Please also update this issue to indicate you’ve done this.

Something you can do to see if the error comes from your code is to try to play the file using our demo app. If it plays with the demo app, this probably means that there is an error in the way you configured the player.

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