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[Cast] Support transferring playback speed from local player to remote player and back #889
Description
Version
Media3 1.2.0
More version details
No response
Devices that reproduce the issue
Casting from Google Pixel 6 to AndroidTV
Devices that do not reproduce the issue
No response
Reproducible in the demo app?
Yes
Reproduction steps
- Go to PlayerManager
- Add below snippet before setCurrentPlayer
localPlayer.setPlaybackSpeed(2f);
castPlayer.setPlaybackSpeed(2f);- Cast a video
This issue happens for repeatMode and playWhenReady as well, there might be more settings with the same issue
Expected result
CastPlayer should have the same playbackSpeed as localPlayer
Actual result
No change in CastPlayer playbackSpeed
Media
Media from the demo-cast
Bug Report
- You will email the zip file produced by
adb bugreportto android-media-github@google.com after filing this issue.
Activity
AngelJedi commentedon Apr 19, 2024
I am seeing something similar. When trying to set the playback speed before playback has started on the castPlayer, it will not set properly. However, if I then call castPlayer.setPlaybackSpeed(2f) after playback has started, it seems to update properly.
I was seeing this on 1.3.1
dabluck commentedon May 19, 2024
Seeing this as well. super reproducible. @marcbaechinger can this be triaged
[-]Cast settings not properly sent[/-][+][Cast] Support transferring playback speed from local player to remote player and back[/+]ziem commentedon Mar 28, 2025
The issue seems to be still present on 1.5.1.
Merge pull request androidx#889 from wongsyrone/fix-cron
Preserve playback parameters when transferring to Cast
tanay187 commentedon Oct 16, 2026
The issue has been fixed and would be available in Media3 1.12.0 release. Thanks for reporting and apologies for the delay!