Black screen sometimes when switching the same player from a playerView to another in recycler view

Hi,

I sometimes get a blackscreen on the new player view when switching from another player view with a new media source in recycler view. Note that audio plays correctly but the video is blacked out with the same view aspect ratio of the old player view. I am stopping the player when I switch to the new player view, and this is how I play it:

public void play (Uri uri){
        if(playingUri != null && playingUri.equals(uri)){
            Timber.d("Exo Player already playing!");
            return;
        }
        playingUri = uri;
        MediaSource mediaSource = new ProgressiveMediaSource.Factory(getDataSourceFactoryInstance(context))
                .createMediaSource(uri);
        playerView.setPlayer(player);
        player.setPlayWhenReady(true);
        player.prepare(mediaSource, true, false);
    }

ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED!

[ramim94]

I remember facing such an issue previously, for reaching limits of media codecs supported by the device. I had to change my implementation to invoke fewer instances of exoplayer.

I think it’s mentioned in https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/273

[marcbaechinger]

Closing for now. Please re-open if you have new insights.