In the shortform demo, when setting up a player, there's a high probability of a black screen when swiping to the next video, with the audio still playing from the previous video.
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Description
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Media3 main branch
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Devices that reproduce the issue
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Reproducible in the demo app?
Yes
Reproduction steps
In the shortform demo, swiping to the next video
Expected result
success
Actual result
In the shortform demo, when setting up a player, there's a high probability of a black screen when swiping to the next video, with the audio still playing from the previous video.
Media
https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/img_bipbop_adv_example_ts/master.m3u8
https://vip.ffzy-online.com/20221211/32030_0fc9ed9a/index.m3u8
https://vip.ffzy-plays.com/20260310/51325_52d83c23/index.m3u8
https://storage.googleapis.com/exoplayer-test-media-0/shortform_3.mp4
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