As can be seen here, there are many ways to implement gapless playback but this implementation relies completely on MediaPlayer.setNextMediaPlayer() method:
* Set the MediaPlayer to start when this MediaPlayer finishes playback
* (i.e. reaches the end of the stream).
* The media framework will attempt to transition from this player to
* the next as seamlessly as possible. The next player can be set at
* any time before completion, but shall be after setDataSource has been
* called successfully.
It works on all the devices I could find and create but some devices may have a problem with it and that is why I have disabled gapless playback by default.
Major change: Added a helper media player wrapper class that manages audio focus and gapless playback (based on other open-source players). It can be generalized further to later add support for crossfade.
Testing: I tested on multiple devices, versions, and files, and nothing is broken. To test gapless playback, you can use this file. It contains a song split into multiple parts. The player should move from one part to the next seamlessly when gapless playback is on.
I will keep testing it out for any other issues...
tibbi
commented
1 year ago
This PR addresses https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Music-Player/issues/326
As can be seen here, there are many ways to implement gapless playback but this implementation relies completely on
MediaPlayer.setNextMediaPlayer()method:It works on all the devices I could find and create but some devices may have a problem with it and that is why I have disabled gapless playback by default.
Major change: Added a helper media player wrapper class that manages audio focus and gapless playback (based on other open-source players). It can be generalized further to later add support for crossfade.
Testing: I tested on multiple devices, versions, and files, and nothing is broken. To test gapless playback, you can use this file. It contains a song split into multiple parts. The player should move from one part to the next seamlessly when gapless playback is on.
I will keep testing it out for any other issues...