Seamless Playback

Bitu Technology

Sep 13, 2024 · Mobile Development

Seamless Single‑Player Video and Ad Playback on Android with Media3/ExoPlayer

The Tubi Android team replaced a dual‑player architecture with a single Media3/ExoPlayer instance, achieving smoother video‑ad transitions, reduced buffering, lower error rates, and improved business metrics, while also addressing decoder‑initialization failures, non‑key‑frame ad buffering, and subtitle timing issues.

Ad InsertionAndroidExoPlayer

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Seamless Single‑Player Video and Ad Playback on Android with Media3/ExoPlayer

NetEase Cloud Music Tech Team

Dec 9, 2020 · Mobile Development

Seamless Video Playback Across Activities in NetEase Cloud Music: MediaPlayer Rebinding and Mini‑Window Solutions

NetEase Cloud Music’s 8.0 redesign enables seamless video playback across Activities by rebinding MediaPlayer instances to new TextureViews via AIDL, using a process‑pooled player architecture, while also offering simpler alternatives such as animated fake page switches, seek‑based reinitialization, and application‑context view reuse.

AIDLActivityAndroid

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Seamless Video Playback Across Activities in NetEase Cloud Music: MediaPlayer Rebinding and Mini‑Window Solutions