Android Exo Player Play .m3u8 from Android Resources

I am unable to play .m3u8 file from a web server like http://example.com/file.m3u8

I have added the play list file in android resource but it is not playing.

How to play the same file from local resources.

Thanks,

Could you post your code?
– Dima Kozhevin
Jun 29 at 11:12

1 Answer
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From ExoPlayer Demo:

public void init(Context context, PlayerView playerView) {
// Create a default track selector.
BandwidthMeter bandwidthMeter = new DefaultBandwidthMeter();
TrackSelection.Factory videoTrackSelectionFactory =
new AdaptiveTrackSelection.Factory(bandwidthMeter);
TrackSelector trackSelector = new DefaultTrackSelector(videoTrackSelectionFactory);

// Create a player instance.
player = ExoPlayerFactory.newSimpleInstance(context, trackSelector);

// Bind the player to the view.
playerView.setPlayer(player);

// This is the MediaSource representing the content media (i.e. not the ad).
String contentUrl = context.getString(R.string.content_url);
MediaSource contentMediaSource =
buildMediaSource(Uri.parse(contentUrl), /* handler= */ null, /* listener= */ null);

// Compose the content media source into a new AdsMediaSource with both ads and content.
MediaSource mediaSourceWithAds =
new AdsMediaSource(
contentMediaSource,
/* adMediaSourceFactory= */ this,
adsLoader,
playerView.getOverlayFrameLayout(),
/* eventHandler= */ null,
/* eventListener= */ null);

// Prepare the player with the source.
player.seekTo(contentPosition);
player.prepare(mediaSourceWithAds);
player.setPlayWhenReady(true);
}


Strings.xml:

<string name="content_url"><![CDATA[https://bitdash-a.akamaihd.net/content/sintel/hls/playlist.m3u8]]></string>


Upd:
I'm not sure that use *.m3u8 files from local storage a good idea, but you can play media files from your apk:

1) raw

MediaSource contentMediaSource = buildMediaSource(
RawResourceDataSource.buildRawResourceUri(R.raw.sample_video),
/* handler= */ null, /* listener= */ null);


2) asset

MediaSource contentMediaSource = buildMediaSource(
Uri.fromFile(new File("//android_asset/sample_video.mp4")),
/* handler= */ null, /* listener= */ null);


Thanks for reply. I am also having this working. I need to provide .m3u8 file in local resources. I don't want to store URL in string table.
– For Guru
Jun 29 at 13:29

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