Extracting metadata from Icecast stream using Exoplayer

Question

Since switching from Mediaplayer to a simple implementation Exoplayer I have noticed much improved load times but I\'m wondering if there is any built in functionality such

Answer 1

Posting to show the implementation that worked for me. Just a Singleton with start and stop methods and some intents to update the UI.

private void startStation(Station station){
if(station!=null) {
  ExoPlayerSingleton.getInstance();
  ExoPlayerSingleton.playStation(station, getApplicationContext());
 }
}


public class ExoPlayerSingleton {

private static ExoPlayer mExoPlayerInstance;
private static MediaCodecAudioTrackRenderer audioRenderer;
private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
private static MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;
public static synchronized ExoPlayer getInstance() {


    if (mExoPlayerInstance == null) {
        mExoPlayerInstance = ExoPlayer.Factory.newInstance(1);
    }

    return mExoPlayerInstance;
}

 public static synchronized ExoPlayer getCurrentInstance() {
    return mExoPlayerInstance;
}

public static void  stopExoForStation(Context context){

    if(mExoPlayerInstance!=null) {
        try {

            mExoPlayerInstance.stop();
            mExoPlayerInstance.release();
            mExoPlayerInstance = null;
            Intent intent = new Intent();
            intent.setAction("com.zzz.now_playing_receiver");
            context.sendBroadcast(intent);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            Log.e("Exoplayer Error", e.toString());
        }

    }
}


public static boolean isPlaying(){

    if(mExoPlayerInstance!=null &&(mExoPlayerInstance.getPlaybackState()==       ExoPlayer.STATE_READY )){
        return true;
    }else{
        return false;
    }
}

public static boolean isBuffering(){

    if(mExoPlayerInstance!=null &&(mExoPlayerInstance.getPlaybackState()== ExoPlayer.STATE_BUFFERING)){
        return true;
    }else{
        return false;
    }
}

public static boolean isPreparing(){

    if(mExoPlayerInstance!=null &&( mExoPlayerInstance.getPlaybackState()== ExoPlayer.STATE_PREPARING)){
        return true;
    }else{
        return false;
    }
}

public static void playStation(Station station,final Context context){

    getInstance();
    url = station.getLow_Stream();

    if(url!=null) {
        Uri uri = Uri.parse(url);
        String userAgent = Util.getUserAgent(context, "SomeRadio");
        DataSource audioDataSource = new DefaultUriDataSource(context,userAgent);
        Mp3Extractor extractor = new Mp3Extractor();
                ExtractorSampleSource sampleSource = new ExtractorSampleSource(
                uri, audioDataSource,BUFFER_SIZE, extractor );

        audioRenderer = new MediaCodecAudioTrackRenderer(sampleSource);


        mExoPlayerInstance.addListener(new ExoPlayer.Listener() {
            @Override
            public void onPlayerStateChanged(boolean b, int i) {

                if (i == ExoPlayer.STATE_BUFFERING) {


                } else if (i == ExoPlayer.STATE_IDLE) {

                } else if (i == ExoPlayer.STATE_ENDED) {


                } else if (i == ExoPlayer.STATE_READY) {
                    Intent intent = new Intent();
                    intent.setAction("com.zzz.pause_play_update");
                    context.sendBroadcast(intent);

                    Intent progress_intent = new Intent();
                    progress_intent.putExtra("show_dialog", false);
                    progress_intent.setAction("com.zzz.load_progess");
                    context.sendBroadcast(progress_intent);
                }


            }

            @Override
            public void onPlayWhenReadyCommitted() {

                 }

            @Override
            public void onPlayerError(ExoPlaybackException e) {
                String excep =  e.toString();
                Log.e("ExoPlayer Error",excep);

            }
        });
        mExoPlayerInstance.prepare(audioRenderer);
        mExoPlayerInstance.setPlayWhenReady(true);

    }else{
        //send intent to raise no connection dialog
    }


}