Caching (Android) - Define specific or max resolution option to download HLS in order to avoid big files and slow downloads

[bgalerani94]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

When downloading HLS files (m3u8) of about 60s length, it occupies more than 300mb in the device's storage. That's probably happening because it's downloading all of the resolutions at once.

When I use the MediaCachingOptions.minimumRequiredResolution and set it to the maximum available resolution (1920x1080), it goes down to about 60mb, but still too big for a 60s video.

Describe the solution you'd like

Is it possible to set a specific or a maximum resolution instead of the minimum? This would probably make the download faster and the file size way smaller.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Setting a specific resolution to be downloaded or even a maximum one would be a good alternative.

Your Setup

• Unity version: 2021.3.5f1
• AVPro Video version (number and edition (trial/core/ultra/enterprise)): AVPro Video v2.5.5
• Operating system version: Android 12
• Device model: Galaxy S22+

[Chris-RH]

Hi @bgalerani94, we've looked into it and it looks like something that we can possibly implement on android in a future version.

[bgalerani94]

Hi @Chris-RH ! Thank you for the answer!

Do you have any idea if it may be available until August?

And again, thank you so much!

[Ste-RH]

I have implemented a first pass on this and we will release it with the next update (likely released tomorrow). NOTE: this will be Android only as it is unlikely to be something we can offer on iOS.

[bgalerani94]

Thank you so much!

[Chris-RH]

Version 2.5.6 has been released, please let us know if this has solved your problem.

[bgalerani94]

Hello,

It looks like it's working just fine.

Thank you for this update!

[Chris-RH]

Awesome, thank you so much for letting us know it works :)

If you've got time, we'd really appreciate it if you could leave a review in the asset store please :)