• Common Library:
  • Change SimpleBasePlayer.State access from protected to public to make it easier to handle updates in other classes (#2128).
• ExoPlayer:
  • Fix a bug where ExoPlayer.isLoading() remains true while it has transitioned to STATE_IDLE or STATE_ENDED (#2133).
  • Add lastRebufferRealtimeMs to LoadControl.Parameter (#2113).
• Extractors:
  • Fix issue where TS streams can get stuck on some devices (#2069).
• Text:
  • Fix handling of multi-byte UTF-8 characters in WebVTT files using CR line endings (#2167).
• DRM:
  • Fix MediaCodec$CryptoException: Operation not supported in this configuration error when playing ClearKey content on API < 27 devices (#1732).
• Muxers:
  • Fix a bug in FragmentedMp4Muxer that creates a lot of fragments when only audio track is written.
• Downloads:
  • Fix bug in CacheWriter that leaves data sources open and cache areas locked in case the data source throws an Exception other than IOException (#9760).
• MIDI extension:
  • Plumb custom AudioSink and AudioRendererEventListener instances into MidiRenderer.
• Cast extension:
  • Bump the play-services-cast-framework dependency to 21.5.0 to fix a FLAG_MUTABLE crash in apps targeting API 34+ on devices with Google Play services installed but disabled (#2178).