Hls support request in Web

[nxoim]

HI! I love how the lib is turning out. Just wanted to note that you can enable HLS support on android by adding the androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-hls dependency and it just works

[kdroidFilter]

Thanks for your feedback and suggestion!

Since Compose Media Player is a multiplatform library, I aim to maintain consistency across platforms. I’ll add a section in the documentation explaining how to enable HLS on Android, ensuring developers can easily configure it while keeping the library’s cross-platform philosophy intact.

I appreciate your input—feel free to share more suggestions to improve compatibility and features! 🚀

[hoanghiephui]

Hi @kdroidFilter
I want the same feature. Could you help me add this for Android and iOS, or the one similar to HLS?

[kdroidFilter]

The library already support hls on iOS and on android, you have to add
implementation("androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-hls:1.6.1")

[kdroidFilter]

HLS support is not yet official, please do not report any bugs due to its use

[Vaibhav2002]

Hi @kdroidFilter I added the androidx.media3:media3-exoplayer-hls dependency on my androidApp module
but the videoPlayer is still showing blank and calling state.play() does nothing
Am i doing it incorrectly ?

[kdroidFilter]

I guess exoplayer doesn't recognize that it's an hls stream, as this feature is not supported yet, I haven't introduced state.openStream() yet

[Vaibhav2002]

@kdroidFilter Any timeline on when you can add this state.openStream() ?
Or any way in which I can add it myself ?

[kdroidFilter]

I'm sorry but it's not going to happen right away, I'm not paid to maintain my libraries, I do this in my free time and I'm a bit overbooked at the moment. For now, my priority is to stabilize the existing features rather than adding new ones. I imagine you'll find what you're looking for here: https://developer.android.com/media/media3/exoplayer/hls

Note : PR are welcome :)

[kdroidFilter]

I'm thinking, what version of exoplayer hls did you add to your dependencies? Compose media player use exoplayer 1.7.1

[Vaibhav2002]

I added version 1.7.1

[Vaibhav2002]

I imagine you'll find what you're looking for here: https://developer.android.com/media/media3/exoplayer/hls

The docs say to just add this code

// Create a player instance.
val player = ExoPlayer.Builder(context).build()
// Set the media item to be played.
player.setMediaItem(MediaItem.fromUri(hlsUri))
// Prepare the player.
player.prepare()

I checked the library code for openUri() function, and i see this is exactly what the library does, then why is it not streaming

[Vaibhav2002]

The library already support hls on iOS

Its not working on iOS as well, just shows blank