Gracefully handling failed smooth streaming responses (mpl 0.7.0)

[GoogleCodeExporter]

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Using media player library 0.7.0 attempt to play media that contains an 
error (404) fragment

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Media Player library v0.6.0 attempted to download a lower bitrate version but 
v0.7.0 just retried the same failed fragment.

Please provide any additional information below.
I know this is primarily an issue with the content but this was something that 
worked in the previous version of the player library and doesn't in the latest 
version.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by tboda...@gmail.com on 26 Jun 2014 at 2:33

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Media player library will retry at a different bitrate if the segment download 
fails due to a timeout.  A network error such as 404 will result in the error 
reported to the host.

Original comment by vadi...@google.com on 3 Jul 2014 at 6:13

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Is there a way to make the host handle 404 errors in the same way as timeouts?
ie. retry at a different bitrate.

Original comment by tboda...@gmail.com on 6 Jul 2014 at 9:07

[GoogleCodeExporter]

We will be trying to address this in future releases.

Original comment by anad...@google.com on 9 Sep 2014 at 9:54

• Changed state: Acknowledged
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect