
The current order of operations means that the Format is only passed to the chunk's output after the DataSource has been opened. This means that establishing the network connection and the downstream renderers initializing their codecs are effectively serialized to occur one after the other. In the new order, the Format is passed to the chunk's output before the DataSource has been opened. This allows the downstream renderers to initialize their codecs in parallel with the network connection being established, and hence latency at the start of playback is reduced. PiperOrigin-RevId: 289841854
ExoPlayer library
The ExoPlayer library is split into multiple modules. See ExoPlayer's top level README for more information about the available library modules and how to use them.