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M3u8 live streaming error: PlaylistStuckException

See original GitHub issue

I was trying to play Live Streaming m3u8 URL but not able to play for more than 40 seconds. It’s throwing following error. Kindly look into this matter.

URL: https://aajtaklive-amd.akamaized.net//hls//live//2014416//aajtak//aajtaklive//aajtak_5//chunklist.m3u8

Platform Info: Device: OnePlus GM1901 (OnePlus7) Board: msmnile Type&Tags: user (release-keys) Android 10 SDK 29 (REL) ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, armeabi,

Stacktrace:

com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.playlist.HlsPlaylistTracker$PlaylistStuckException
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:386)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:214)
	at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.playlist.HlsPlaylistTracker$PlaylistStuckException
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.playlist.DefaultHlsPlaylistTracker$MediaPlaylistBundle.processLoadedPlaylist(DefaultHlsPlaylistTracker.java:637)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.playlist.DefaultHlsPlaylistTracker$MediaPlaylistBundle.onLoadCompleted(DefaultHlsPlaylistTracker.java:518)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.playlist.DefaultHlsPlaylistTracker$MediaPlaylistBundle.onLoadCompleted(DefaultHlsPlaylistTracker.java:443)
	at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.handleMessage(Loader.java:450)
	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:107)
	... 2 more

Issue Analytics

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:7 (3 by maintainers)

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xiaoxiaoliu6commented, Dec 10, 2020

https://aajtaklive-amd.akamaized.net//hls//live//2014416//aajtak//aajtaklive//aajtak_5//chunklist.m3u8
There is something wrong with this m3u8 file

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ojw28commented, Dec 11, 2020

The responses above are correct. PlaylistStuckException indicates an issue where the media playlist isn’t being updated correctly on the server-side. As @stevemayhew points out, the time ExoPlayer allows for an update to occur is pretty generous.

I was able to play the stream without any issues for a couple of minutes, and was not able to reproduce the failure. Given the mixed outcomes above, it could be that the issue with this stream is intermittent. Closing as bad media, since the issue here is most likely with the media itself.