Video playback freezes when HDMI is unplugged and plugged back (Media3 Player)
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Description
Description:
I am experiencing an issue with Media3 player on Android TV, where the video playback freezes when the HDMI cable is unplugged and then plugged back in.
The issue is reproducible every time:
- Start video playback (UDP multicast stream)
- Unplug HDMI
- Plug HDMI back in
Expected: Playback should continue normally
Actual: Player freezes, no recovery happens automatically, even sometimes player closes/ released
See the attached log file,on hdmi plugged out and plugged in back to device.
hdmi_in_out_media3.txt
i also see these logs from decoder when hdmi is disconnected:
04-09 19:19:32.976 460 25479 W bomx_video_decoder: Dropping outstanding frame 43148 still owned by client - flushing
04-09 19:19:32.976 460 25479 W bomx_video_decoder: Dropping outstanding frame 43149 still owned by client - flushing
04-09 19:19:32.976 460 25479 W bomx_video_decoder: Dropping outstanding frame 43150 still owned by client - flushing
04-09 19:19:32.978 460 25479 W bomx_video_decoder: Dropping outstanding frame 43151 still owned by client - flushing
04-09 19:19:32.978 460 25479 W bomx_video_decoder: Dropping outstanding frame 43152 still owned by client - flushing
04-09 19:19:32.978 460 25479 W bomx_video_decoder: Dropping outstanding frame 43153 still owned by client - flushing
04-09 19:19:32.978 460 25479 W bomx_video_decoder: Dropping outstanding frame 43154 still owned by client - flushing
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This is happening consistently, and requires app restart to recover.
Reproduction steps:
1. Start app, initiate video playback
3. Unplug HDMI cable
5. Plug HDMI cable back in
Observe: video does not resume, freezes and sometime exits the player
Device:
Android TV
Media3 version: 1.5.1 and 1.6.0 ( tried on both)
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