Exoplayer: With v2.12.0 playlist api, how do I know which source causes the onPlayerError

[strangesource]

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I using the new playlist API provided with v2.12.0 and loading multiple MediaItems into the player. One of the sources throws an ExoPlaybackException of ExoPlaybackException.TYPE_SOURCE type.

How do I know which media item this relates to?

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[marcbaechinger]

I think in this case the field ExoPlaybackException.mediaPeriodId has a media period id assigned (it is not null). If so you can do something like this:

MediaSource.MediaPeriodId mediaPeriodId = playbackException.mediaPeriodId;
int windowIndex = player.getCurrentTimeline()
   .getPeriodByUid(mediaPeriodId.periodUid, new Timeline.Period()).windowIndex;
player.removeMediaItem(windowIndex);

Please note, that the above assumes that you are having a 1:1 relationship between media items and windows in the timeline. This means you are not using a ConcatenatingMediaSource. In case you are only using the new API with MediaItem you are fine.

Please let me know whether that works for you.

[tonihei]

You can also use AnalyticsListener and listen to onPlayerError which has an EventTime argument with a windowIndex field. This is essentially equivalent to the proposal above, but easier to read in code:

@Override
 public void onPlayerError(EventTime eventTime, ExoPlaybackException e) {
    Log.e("ERROR", "Media item number " + eventTime.windowIndex + " failed.");
 }

[strangesource]

Thanks a lot for the fast answers, this solves my problem. 🙂 🙇

[marcbaechinger]

Cool, thanks for letting us know. I'm closing this issue. Please re-open if you think it is needed.