Release notes

r1.5.14

• Fixed cache failures when using an encrypted cache content index.
• SmoothStreaming: Work around "Offset to sample data was negative" failures (#2292, #2101 and #1152).

r1.5.13

• Improvements to the upstream cache package.
• MP4: Support .mp3 tracks (#2066).
• SubRip: Don't fail playbacks if SubRip file contains negative timestamps (#2145).
• MPEG-TS: Avoid failure when expected ID3 header not found (#1966).
• Misc bugfixes.

r1.5.12

• Improvements to Cronet network stack extension.
• Fix bug in demo app introduced in r1.5.11 that caused L3 Widevine provisioning requests to fail.
• Misc bugfixes.

r1.5.11

• Cronet network stack extension.
• HLS: Fix propagation of language for alternative audio renditions (#1784).
• WebM: Support for subsample encryption.
• ID3: Fix EOS detection for 2-byte encodings (#1774).
• MPEG-TS: Support multiple tracks of the same type.
• MPEG-TS: Work toward robust handling of stream corruption.
• Fix ContentDataSource failures triggered by garbage collector (#1759).

r1.5.10

• HLS: Stability fixes.
• MP4: Support for stz2 Atoms.
• Enable 4K format selection on Sony AndroidTV + nVidia SHIELD.
• TX3G caption fixes.

r1.5.9

• MP4: Fixed incorrect sniffing in some cases (#1523).
• MP4: Improved file compatibility (#1567).
• ID3: Support for TIT2 and APIC frames.
• Fixed querying of platform decoders on some devices.
• Misc bug fixes.

r1.5.8

• HLS: Fix handling of HTTP redirects.
• Audio: Minor adjustment to improve A/V sync.
• OGG: Support FLAC in OGG.
• TTML: Support regions.
• WAV/PCM: Support 8, 24 and 32-bit WAV and PCM audio.
• Misc bug fixes and performance optimizations.

r1.5.7

• OGG: Support added for OGG.
• FLAC: Support for FLAC extraction and playback (via an extension).
• HLS: Multiple audio track support (via Renditions).
• FMP4: Support multiple tracks in fragmented MP4 (not applicable to DASH/SmoothStreaming).
• WAV: Support for 16-bit WAV files.
• MKV: Support non-square pixel formats.
• Misc bug fixes.

r1.5.6

• MP3: Fix mono streams playing at 2x speed on some MediaTek based devices (#801).
• MP3: Fix playback of some streams when stream length is unknown.
• ID3: Support multiple frames of the same type in a single tag.
• EIA608: Correctly handle repeated control characters, fixing an issue in which captions would immediately disappear.
• AVC3: Fix decoder failures on some MediaTek devices in the case where the first buffer fed to the decoder does not start with SPS/PPS NAL units.
• Misc bug fixes.

r1.5.5

• DASH: Enable MP4 embedded WebVTT playback (#1185)
• HLS: Fix handling of extended ID3 tags in MPEG-TS (#1181)
• MP3: Fix incorrect position calculation in VBRI header (#1197)
• Fix issue seeking backward using SingleSampleSource (#1193)

r1.5.4

• HLS: Support for variant selection and WebVtt subtitles.
• MP4: Support for embedded WebVtt.
• Improved device compatibility.
• Fix for resource leak (Issue #1066).
• Misc bug fixes + minor features.

r1.5.3

• Support for FLV (without seeking).
• MP4: Fix for playback of media containing basic edit lists.
• QuickTime: Fix parsing of QuickTime style audio sample entry.
• HLS: Add H262 support for devices that have an H262 decoder.
• Allow AudioTrack PlaybackParams (e.g. speed/pitch) on API level 23+.
• Correctly detect 4K displays on API level 23+.
• Misc bug fixes.

r1.5.2

• MPEG-TS/HLS: Fix frame drops playing H265 video.
• SmoothStreaming: Fix parsing of ProtectionHeader.

r1.5.1

• Enable smooth frame release by default.
• Added OkHttpDataSource extension.
• AndroidTV: Correctly detect 4K display size on Bravia devices.
• FMP4: Handle non-sample data in mdat boxes.
• TTML: Fix parsing of some colors on Jellybean.
• SmoothStreaming: Ignore tfdt boxes.
• Misc bug fixes.

r1.5.0

• Multi-track support.
• DASH: Limited support for multi-period manifests.
• HLS: Smoother format adaptation.
• HLS: Support for MP3 media segments.
• TTML: Support for most embedded TTML styling.
• WebVTT: Enhanced positioning support.
• Initial playback tests.
• Misc bug fixes.

r1.4.2

• Implemented automatic format detection for regular container formats.
• Added UdpDataSource for connecting to multicast streams.
• Improved robustness for MP4 playbacks.
• Misc bug fixes.

r1.4.1

• HLS: Fix premature playback failures that could occur in some cases.

r1.4.0

• Support for extracting Matroska streams (implemented by WebmExtractor).
• Support for tx3g captions in MP4 streams.
• Support for H.265 in MPEG-TS streams on supported devices.
• HLS: Added support for MPEG audio (e.g. MP3) in TS media segments.
• HLS: Improved robustness against missing chunks and variants.
• MP4: Added support for embedded MPEG audio (e.g. MP3).
• TTML: Improved handling of whitespace.
• DASH: Support Mpd.Location element.
• Add option to TsExtractor to allow non-IDR keyframes.
• Added MulticastDataSource for connecting to multicast streams.
• (WorkInProgress) - First steps to supporting seeking in DASH DVR window.
• (WorkInProgress) - First steps to supporting styled + positioned subtitles.
• Misc bug fixes.

r1.3.3

• HLS: Fix failure when playing HLS AAC streams.
• Misc bug fixes.

r1.3.2

• DataSource improvements: DefaultUriDataSource now handles http://, https://, file://, asset:// and content:// URIs automatically. It also handles file:///android_asset/* URIs, and file paths like /path/to/media.mp4 where the scheme is omitted.
• HLS: Fix for some ID3 events being dropped.
• HLS: Correctly handle 0x0 and floating point RESOLUTION tags.
• Mp3Extractor: robustness improvements.

r1.3.1

• No notes provided.