Casting failure for M3u8 files

[harshmittal29]

[REQUIRED] Issue description

When executing some of the URL's I am getting following error.

I am using HLS (.m3u8) URL's to be played on Exoplayer and casting them to cast receiver.
URL's plays fine on Exoplayer but throws below error when cast.

MediaControlChannel: received unexpected error: Invalid Request.
MediaQueue: Error fetching queue item ids, statusCode=2100, statusMessage=null

[REQUIRED] Reproduction steps

My code :

private fun loadRemoteMedia(position: Int) {
        if (mCastSession == null) {
            return
        }
        val remoteMediaClient: RemoteMediaClient? = mCastSession?.remoteMediaClient

        val videoURL = mTrack?.videoUri
        val subTitle = ResourceUtils.getString(R.string.cast_casting_to_device, mCastSession?.castDevice?.friendlyName)
        if (!videoURL.isNullOrEmpty()) {
            mSelectedMedia = CastVideoProvider.buildMediaInfo(mTrack?.trackId.toString(), mTrack?.title
                    ?: "", subTitle, Integer.parseInt(mTrack?.duration
                    ?: "0"), videoURL,
                    VideoModule.getInstance().getMimeType(mActivity, Uri.parse(videoURL)), mTrack?.thumbnailUri
                    ?: "", null)
        }

        remoteMediaClient ?: return

        remoteMediaClient.registerCallback(object : RemoteMediaClient.Callback() {
            override fun onStatusUpdated() {
                ExpandedCastingActivity.startActivity(mActivity, mSelectedMedia)
                remoteMediaClient.unregisterCallback(this)
            }
        })

         remoteMediaClient.load(MediaLoadRequestData.Builder()
                    .setMediaInfo(mSelectedMedia)
                    .setAutoplay(true)
                    .setCurrentTime(position.toLong()).build())
    }

fun buildMediaInfo(contentId: String, title: String,
                       subTitle: String,
                       duration: Int, url: String, mimeType: String, imgUrl: String,
                       tracks: List<MediaTrack>?): MediaInfo {
        val movieMetadata = MediaMetadata(MEDIA_TYPE_MOVIE)
        movieMetadata.putString(MediaMetadata.KEY_TITLE, title)
        movieMetadata.putString(MediaMetadata.KEY_SUBTITLE, subTitle)
        if (!StringUtil.isNullOrEmpty(imgUrl)) {
            movieMetadata.addImage(WebImage(Uri.parse(imgUrl)))
        }
        return MediaInfo.Builder(contentId)
                .setStreamType(MediaInfo.STREAM_TYPE_BUFFERED)
                .setContentUrl(url)
                .setContentType(mimeType)
                .setStreamDuration(duration.toLong())
                .build()
    }

[REQUIRED] Link to test content

Emailed you the content URL

[REQUIRED] Version of ExoPlayer being used

Casting framework version : 18.1.0
Exoplayer version : 2.11.1

[REQUIRED] Device(s) and version(s) of Android being used

Pixel 3 on Android Q
Chromecast 3

[AquilesCanta]

I suspect by throw you don't refer to an exception, but rather that it logs those provided lines.

I have reported the issue to the cast team, and will reach back once I have any responses from them. Thanks for your patience. [Internal ref: Originally b/144421854, then forked to b/156465430].

[harshmittal29]

@AquilesCanta The videos do not play and show the logs provided above. It happens for certain form videos with certain audio encoding. When I debugged more I noted the format of audio stream it fails to cast. Attaching below. I have also emailed with subject Issue #7295 the video file for further diagnosis.

[AquilesCanta]

Yeas, thanks @harshmittal29. I have sent a report to the cast team and will reach back once they reply. Since the issue occurs in the default receiver app, which the ExoPlayer team doesn't own, there is not much in our hands to do for debugging this.

[harshmittal29]

Hello @AquilesCanta checking on this again. Any help on this would be great.

[AquilesCanta]

No news. Unfortunately there's not much I can do from here other than wait for updates from the cast team. I'll ping the bug again.

[Ivozn]

Hello, there is any update on this issue? Anything from the cast team? I'm having the same problem.