Android expo-video-player error

[dgdagadin87]

Describe the bug
On Android (Galaxy A12, Android version 11), when I try to record video from the phone camera, I want to play it on next screen, and I render expo video player to play it. But I catch error

Encountered a fatal error during playback: h.f.c.d.o0.b$a: Decoder init failed: OMX.MTK.VIDEO.DECODER.AVC, Format(1, null, null, video/avc, null, -1, null, [1920, 1080, -1.0], [-1, -1])

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Start recording video
2. Stop recording video
3. Navigate to next screen
4. On next screen, render expo-video-player with this video.
5. See error I wrote above

Expected behavior
A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.

Additional information:

• Type: expo
• Device: Samsung Galaxy A12
• OS: Android 11
• Package version 3.1
• Expo version 1.0.0
• Expo CLI version 4.12.10

[dgdagadin87]

Can you help me please?

[paul-leymet]

Hi,

I would also be interested by any tips about this.

[hirbod]

I am also getting this one here frequently

[VideoPlayer] Fatal Error - Encountered a fatal error during playback: Player error: null: [object Object]

Only on Android, iOS working fine.

[simahero]

I am also getting this one here frequently

[VideoPlayer] Fatal Error - Encountered a fatal error during playback: Player error: null: [object Object]

Only on Android, iOS working fine.

+1 on this

[ihmpavel]

Same issue as #464

[hirbod]

This issue has been resolved in the newest version of expo-av (12.0.4). The way videos getting unmounted has changed, I haven't seen this error anymore with SDK 46