[FIXED] Failed to initialize OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.AVC, error 0xfffffff4

Issue

I'm trying to load videos from firebase storage to my recycler view with ExoPlayer. But the problem is that the video sometimes does not play and if i hit the play button it gives me this error below

Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.mediacodec.MediaCodecRenderer$DecoderInitializationException: Decoder init failed: OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.AVC......

I tried calling the release() method after/before setting the player to the player view but nothing changed.

I have wasted over 5 days to fix this problem and i can't find any solution for it.

There is any ExoPlayer alternative to load videos from firebase to recycler view?

Part of code from onBindViewHolder inside my Recycler Adpater:

@Override
    public void onBindViewHolder(@NonNull RecyclerView.ViewHolder holder, int position) {

            ExoPlayer player = new ExoPlayer.Builder(context).build();
            MediaItem mediaItem = MediaItem.fromUri(postList.get(position).getImgUrl());
            player.setMediaItem(mediaItem);
            player.prepare();
            videoViewHolder.andExoPlayerView.setPlayer(player);
    }

And i'm initializing the playerView inside view holder like this:

public VideoViewHolder(@NonNull View itemView) {
        super(itemView);

        andExoPlayerView = itemView.findViewById(R.id.andExoPlayerView);
        ........
}

Solution

I had to release the player when the recycler view item are recycled

I find the answer from this question here

@Override
public void onViewRecycled(@NonNull ViewHolder holder) {
    int position = holder.getAdapterPosition();
    if (mDataset.get(position) != null) {
        mDataset.get(position).getPlayer().release();
    }
    super.onViewRecycled(holder);
}

Answered By - GSepetadelis
Answer Checked By - Timothy Miller (JavaFixing Admin)