Backend: Added rudimentary support for segmented streams for #1266

app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/AbstractPlayerFragment.kt

@@ -295,6 +295,8 @@ abstract class AbstractPlayerFragment(
                 }
             }
 
+            // Necessary for multiple combined videos
+            player_view?.setShowMultiWindowTimeBar(true)
             player_view?.player = player
             player_view?.performClick()
         }

app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/ui/player/CS3IPlayer.kt

@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ import android.widget.FrameLayout
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.*
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.database.StandaloneDatabaseProvider
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.ext.okhttp.OkHttpDataSource
-import com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.DefaultMediaSourceFactory
-import com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.MergingMediaSource
-import com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.SingleSampleMediaSource
+import com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.*
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.text.TextRenderer
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.DefaultTrackSelector
 import com.google.android.exoplayer2.trackselection.TrackSelector
@@ -31,6 +29,7 @@ import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.mvvm.logError
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.mvvm.normalSafeApiCall
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.ui.subtitles.SaveCaptionStyle
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.ExtractorLink
+import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.ExtractorLinkPlayList
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.ExtractorUri
 import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.utils.SubtitleHelper.fromTwoLettersToLanguage
 import java.io.File
@@ -65,6 +64,15 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
 
     private val subtitleHelper = PlayerSubtitleHelper()
 
+    /**
+     * This is a way to combine the MediaItem and its duration for the concatenating MediaSource.
+     * @param durationUs does not matter if only one slice is present, since it will not concatenate
+     * */
+    data class MediaItemSlice(
+        val mediaItem: MediaItem,
+        val durationUs: Long
+    )
+
     override fun getDuration(): Long? = exoPlayer?.duration
     override fun getPosition(): Long? = exoPlayer?.currentPosition
     override fun getIsPlaying(): Boolean = isPlaying
@@ -450,7 +458,7 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
 
         private fun buildExoPlayer(
             context: Context,
-            mediaItem: MediaItem,
+            mediaItemSlices: List<MediaItemSlice>,
             subSources: List<SingleSampleMediaSource>,
             currentWindow: Int,
             playbackPosition: Long,
@@ -505,12 +513,27 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
                             ).build()
                     )
 
-            val videoMediaSource =
-                (if (cacheFactory == null) DefaultMediaSourceFactory(context) else DefaultMediaSourceFactory(
-                    cacheFactory
-                )).createMediaSource(
-                    mediaItem
+
+            val factory =
+                if (cacheFactory == null) DefaultMediaSourceFactory(context)
+                else DefaultMediaSourceFactory(cacheFactory)
+
+            // If there is only one item then treat it as normal, if multiple: concatenate the items.
+            val videoMediaSource = if (mediaItemSlices.size == 1) {
+                factory.createMediaSource(mediaItemSlices.first().mediaItem)
+            } else {
+                val source = ConcatenatingMediaSource()
+                mediaItemSlices.map {
+                    source.addMediaSource(
+                        // The duration MUST be known for it to work properly, see https://github.com/google/ExoPlayer/issues/4727
+                        ClippingMediaSource(
+                            factory.createMediaSource(it.mediaItem),
+                            it.durationUs
                         )
+                    )
+                }
+                source
+            }
 
             println("PLAYBACK POS $playbackPosition")
             return exoPlayerBuilder.build().apply {
@@ -592,7 +615,7 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
 
     private fun loadExo(
         context: Context,
-        mediaItem: MediaItem,
+        mediaSlices: List<MediaItemSlice>,
         subSources: List<SingleSampleMediaSource>,
         cacheFactory: CacheDataSource.Factory? = null
     ) {
@@ -604,7 +627,7 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
             // this makes no sense
             exoPlayer = buildExoPlayer(
                 context,
-                mediaItem,
+                mediaSlices,
                 subSources,
                 currentWindow,
                 playbackPosition,
@@ -773,10 +796,12 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
     fun onRenderFirst() {
         if (!hasUsedFirstRender) { // this insures that we only call this once per player load
             Log.i(TAG, "Rendered first frame")
-
             val invalid = exoPlayer?.duration?.let { duration ->
                 // Only errors short playback when not playing downloaded files
                 duration < 20_000L && currentDownloadedFile == null
+                        // Concatenated sources (non 1 periodCount) bypasses the invalid check as exoPlayer.duration gives only the current period
+                        // If you can get the total time that'd be better, but this is already niche.
+                        && exoPlayer?.currentTimeline?.periodCount == 1
             } ?: false
 
             if (invalid) {
@@ -824,7 +849,7 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
             )
 
             subtitleHelper.setActiveSubtitles(activeSubtitles.toSet())
-            loadExo(context, mediaItem, subSources)
+            loadExo(context, listOf(MediaItemSlice(mediaItem, Long.MIN_VALUE)), subSources)
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             Log.e(TAG, "loadOfflinePlayer error", e)
             playerError?.invoke(e)
@@ -901,7 +926,17 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
             } else {
                 MimeTypes.VIDEO_MP4
             }
-            val mediaItem = getMediaItem(mime, link.url)
+
+            val mediaItems = if (link is ExtractorLinkPlayList) {
+                link.playlist.map {
+                    MediaItemSlice(getMediaItem(mime, it.url), it.durationUs)
+                }
+            } else {
+                listOf(
+                    // Single sliced list with unset length
+                    MediaItemSlice(getMediaItem(mime, link.url), Long.MIN_VALUE)
+                )
+            }
 
             val onlineSourceFactory = createOnlineSource(link)
             val offlineSourceFactory = context.createOfflineSource()
@@ -922,7 +957,7 @@ class CS3IPlayer : IPlayer {
                 setUpstreamDataSourceFactory(onlineSourceFactory)
             }
 
-            loadExo(context, mediaItem, subSources, cacheFactory)
+            loadExo(context, mediaItems, subSources, cacheFactory)
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             Log.e(TAG, "loadOnlinePlayer error", e)
             playerError?.invoke(e)

app/src/main/java/com/lagradost/cloudstream3/utils/ExtractorApi.kt

@@ -9,16 +9,60 @@ import com.lagradost.cloudstream3.mvvm.suspendSafeApiCall
 import kotlinx.coroutines.delay
 import org.jsoup.Jsoup
 
-data class ExtractorLink(
-    val source: String,
-    val name: String,
-    override val url: String,
+/**
+ * For use in the ConcatenatingMediaSource.
+ * If features are missing (headers), please report and we can add it.
+ * @param durationUs use Long.toUs() for easier input
+ * */
+data class PlayListItem(
+    val url: String,
+    val durationUs: Long,
+)
+
+/**
+ * Converts Seconds to MicroSeconds, multiplication by 1_000_000
+ * */
+fun Long.toUs(): Long {
+    return this * 1_000_000
+}
+
+/**
+ * If your site has an unorthodox m3u8-like system where there are multiple smaller videos concatenated
+ * use this.
+ * */
+data class ExtractorLinkPlayList(
+    override val source: String,
+    override val name: String,
+    val playlist: List<PlayListItem>,
     override val referer: String,
-    val quality: Int,
-    val isM3u8: Boolean = false,
+    override val quality: Int,
+    override val isM3u8: Boolean = false,
     override val headers: Map<String, String> = mapOf(),
     /** Used for getExtractorVerifierJob() */
-    val extractorData: String? = null
+    override val extractorData: String? = null,
+    ) : ExtractorLink(
+    source,
+    name,
+    // Blank as un-used
+    "",
+    referer,
+    quality,
+    isM3u8,
+    headers,
+    extractorData
+)
+
+
+open class ExtractorLink(
+    open val source: String,
+    open val name: String,
+    override val url: String,
+    override val referer: String,
+    open val quality: Int,
+    open val isM3u8: Boolean = false,
+    override val headers: Map<String, String> = mapOf(),
+    /** Used for getExtractorVerifierJob() */
+    open val extractorData: String? = null,
 ) : VideoDownloadManager.IDownloadableMinimum
 
 data class ExtractorUri(