How to use Exoplayer to play an inputstream?

Question

I use the following FrameWorkSampleSource Constructor to initialize SampleSource instance.

File file = new File(path);
FileInputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
FileDescriptor fd = inputStream.getFD();
SampleSource sampleSource = new FrameworkSampleSource(fd, 0, file.length());

But I need to play an InputStream using ExoPlayer. I am unable to find any interface that implements SampleSource class and takes InputStream as a parameter in its constructor.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 15 '16 at 08:27

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It seems that there is no easy way to achieve this, because ExoPlayer is not designed for this. To quote the developer:

"We do not provide an implementation that wraps an InputStream directly because the InputStream interface doesn't provide suitable random access behavior for media playback, which is required both for seeking and because some media formats place data at the end of the file that must be read at the start of playback."

Read his full answer here:

https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/1086

answered Jun 15 '16 at 08:27

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I have implemented it by creating my own inputstream! https://github.com/amanmj/InputStream_Player – Aman Mahajan Jul 16 '16 at 17:39
My [2 cents](https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/4212) to the theme. – isabsent May 06 '18 at 16:48

How to use Exoplayer to play an inputstream?

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