Network switch ‐ Seamless bitrate adaptation during poor connectivity. - devrath/MediaAlchemySuite GitHub Wiki

About

• Sometimes there is a network drop(speed of data retrieval varies), which can also happen when you switch the source of data from wifi to mobile data.

How is it handled

It is automatically handled by the exo-player

⚙️How It Works Under the Hood

• The exoplayer uses DefaultTrackSelector to choose a track with the help of BandwidthMeter and uses AdaptiveTrackSelection to set the new track.
• Whenever your network slows down, your bandwidth meter finds the reduced bandwidth and a lower bitrate/resolution is selected by player.

Representation

                ┌────────────────────────────┐
                │     Network Switch Event   │
                │ (e.g., WiFi → Mobile Data) │
                └────────────┬───────────────┘
                             │
                             ▼
            ┌────────────────────────────────────┐
            │  Bandwidth drops (measured live)   │
            │  via DefaultBandwidthMeter         │
            └────────────┬───────────────────────┘
                         │
                         ▼
     ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
     │ TrackSelector picks a lower-bitrate stream    │
     │ using AdaptiveTrackSelection logic            │
     └────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘
                  │
                  ▼
     ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
     │ Player fetches next segment at new quality    │
     │ (e.g., 720p → 480p)                           │
     └────────────┬──────────────────────────────────┘
                  │
                  ▼
         ┌──────────────────────────────┐
         │ Playback continues smoothly  │
         │ with no interruption         │
         └──────────────────────────────┘