androidx / androidx/media

‌Smooth switching is not achievable during manual bitrate changes.

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Since Jul 4, 2025.

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When playing HLS or DASH streams in the demo, manually switching the bitrate immediately stops playback, seemingly flushing all buffered data, and only resumes after buffering new fragments. I want to confirm whether smooth switching can be achieved during manual bitrate changes.

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