ExoPlayer Android Video

ExoPlayer is Google's modular, open-source Android media player library. It abstracts the complexity of video playback: adaptive streaming (automatically adjusting quality based on network), encrypted content (DRM), live broadcasts, and format support. Instead of wrestling with Android's MediaPlayer API, you use ExoPlayer's higher-level interface. Under the hood, ExoPlayer handles media pipeline stages: fetch manifest (HLS/DASH), select bitrate, decode video, sync audio, render to screen. You focus on UI and error handling; ExoPlayer handles the media pipeline.