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In the shortform demo, when setting up a player, there's a high probability of a black screen when swiping to the next video, with the audio still playing from the previous video.

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Since May 18, 2026.

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Description

bug needs triage
Version

Media3 main branch

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Devices that reproduce the issue

all

Devices that do not reproduce the issue

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Reproducible in the demo app?

Yes

Reproduction steps

In the shortform demo, swiping to the next video

Expected result

success

Actual result

In the shortform demo, when setting up a player, there's a high probability of a black screen when swiping to the next video, with the audio still playing from the previous video.

Media

https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/img_bipbop_adv_example_ts/master.m3u8
https://vip.ffzy-online.com/20221211/32030_0fc9ed9a/index.m3u8
https://vip.ffzy-plays.com/20260310/51325_52d83c23/index.m3u8
https://storage.googleapis.com/exoplayer-test-media-0/shortform_3.mp4

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