Unable to play MKV Matroska video with exoPlayer 2.11

Question

In my video player when i try to play MKV Matroska file it stay still the video is not playing.

i followed CodeLabs and ExoPlayer Dev and build player it

Answer 1

I made a sample project on Github that works properly with your file. You can check and test it in the link below:

https://github.com/squti/ExoPlayer-MKV-Sample

If you just want to use the codes in your project, first uninstall the previously installed app from your device or emulator and then run the new one.

Here are the essential codes of the project:

MainActiviy.java

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private PlayerView playerView;
    private SimpleExoPlayer player;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        playerView = findViewById(R.id.player_view);

    }

    @Override
    protected void onStart() {
        super.onStart();
        player = ExoPlayerFactory.newSimpleInstance(this, new DefaultTrackSelector());
        playerView.setPlayer(player);

        DataSource.Factory dataSourceFactory = new DefaultDataSourceFactory(
                this,
                Util.getUserAgent(this, getString(R.string.app_name)));
        ProgressiveMediaSource mediaSource = new ProgressiveMediaSource.Factory(dataSourceFactory)
                .createMediaSource(Uri.parse("file:///android_asset/jellyfish-3-mbps-hd-h264.mkv"));

        player.prepare(mediaSource);
        player.setPlayWhenReady(true);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onStop() {
        super.onStop();
        playerView.setPlayer(null);
        player.release();
    }
}

activity_main.xml

Also, you need to add these dependencies to the app level Gradle file:

implementation 'com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-core:2.11.7'
implementation 'com.google.android.exoplayer:exoplayer-ui:2.11.7'

I put the video file in the asset folder but you can change it base on your needs.