ExoPlayer 2.18.1

• Update ExoPlayer to 2.18.1

IJKPlayer regression bug fix ExoPlayer/FFmpeg etx upgraded to 2.18.0

• Update exoplayer to 2.18.0
• Bug fixes with Android Media Session logic that was causing issues with IJKPlayer

Android Media Session bug fixes and Firebase Crashlytics reporting

• Update exoplayer to 2.17.1
• Bug fixes with Android Media Session logic that was causing random crashes
• Added firebase Crashlytics Reporting
• Added configuration item to allow for disabling Crashlytics reporting
• Added configuration item to allow for setting username in Crashlytics reports

Retry on playback error and Media Sessions

• Made exoplayer playback error message more descriptive
• Added retry on recoverable playback error
• Disabled remux settings when stream mode is not fixed
• Changed the method for getting version name and version code
• Added code for a Subtitle/Closed Caption selection list from the Navigation window
• Rewrote the Android Media Session logic so that it can control playback for ExoPlayer and IJKPlayer.

Bugfix allowing Quicktime/MP4 to work

• Fixed a bug where where mp4 or m4v files were not working. It appears that SageTV maps these to Quicktime format. So I am not passing quicktime to SageTv when MP4 is supported.

Bugfix determining supported pull/push formats

• Fixed a bug where push/pull formats were not begin properly determined.

User configurable codec and container support

• Upgraded to ExoPlayer 2.16.1
• Made modifications required to support ExoPlayer 2.16.1
• Upgraded to ExoPlayer 2.16.1 version of ExoPlayer FFmpeg extension
• Added new preference screens to allow users to change Container/Codec support
• Completely rearchitected how supported containers/codecs are sent to SageTV
• Started adding support for automated Jenkins build and release

Added and refined codec support

• Updated to 2.15.1 of ExoPlayer and FFmpeg extension
• Cleaned up a number of deprecated calls in ExoPlayer implementation
• Added VP8, VP9, H.263 as valid video codecs
• Removed MPEG4 as a valid codec, because Android TV support is very limited. All non H.264/AVC content will be transcoded

Remux support and LiveTV transcode and remux fixes

• Fixed issue in PushBufferDataSource that was causing transcoding and live tv transitions to freeze
• Updated build to use local libs directory instead of MavenLocal. Simplify build process for support libraries
• Fixed logic bugs on how to tell SageTV when to transcode/remux
• Moved project to Androidx
• Update GDX library version to 1.9.14
• Update ExoPlayer to 2.14.2
• Multiple build.gradle files cleaned up
• Fixed error generating client ID

Note: Attached jar has updates to allow fixed remuxing support in SageTV

Upgrade to Exoplayer 2.14.0

Upgraded to use v2.14.0 of ExoPlayer. FFmpeg extension was also updated to v2.14.0. I created a build sciprt which is able to do most of these build steps automatically. Hopefully that will reduce the effort of rebuilding in the future.