Unable to catch ExoPlaybackException: Source error

Question

No matter what I try, I am not able to catch "ExoPlaybackException: Source error" error. The video playback stops and I can see Exoplayer error thrown. The Stacktrace is below:

2021-02-09 22:36:51.917 27876-19080/com.... E/ExoPlayerImplInternal: Playback error
      com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlaybackException: Source error
        at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:554)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103)
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:237)
        at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)
     Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.BehindLiveWindowException
        at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.HlsChunkSource.getNextChunk(HlsChunkSource.java:308)
        at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.HlsSampleStreamWrapper.continueLoading(HlsSampleStreamWrapper.java:662)
        at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.CompositeSequenceableLoader.continueLoading(CompositeSequenceableLoader.java:80)
        at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.hls.HlsMediaPeriod.continueLoading(HlsMediaPeriod.java:365)
        at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.MaskingMediaPeriod.continueLoading(MaskingMediaPeriod.java:219)
        at com.google.android.exoplayer2.MediaPeriodHolder.continueLoading(MediaPeriodHolder.java:218)
        at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.maybeContinueLoading(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:2011)
        at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleContinueLoadingRequested(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:1992)
        at com.google.android.exoplayer2.ExoPlayerImplInternal.handleMessage(ExoPlayerImplInternal.java:489)
        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:103) 
        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:237) 
        at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67) 

This is my "onPlayerError" method, but it does not seem to be called for some reason.

private class PlayerEventListener implements Player.EventListener {
...
@Override
        public void onPlayerError(ExoPlaybackException error) {
            switch (error.type) {
                case ExoPlaybackException.TYPE_SOURCE:
                    Log.e(TAG, "TYPE_SOURCE: " + error.getSourceException().getMessage());
                    break;

                case ExoPlaybackException.TYPE_RENDERER:
                    Log.e(TAG, "TYPE_RENDERER: " + error.getRendererException().getMessage());
                    break;

                case ExoPlaybackException.TYPE_UNEXPECTED:
                    Log.e(TAG, "TYPE_UNEXPECTED: " + error.getUnexpectedException().getMessage());
                    break;
            }
        }
...
}

player.addListener(new PlayerEventListener());

Am I missing anything?

Answer 1

Not sure where I was looking... but the error seems to be caught in the "onPlayerError()" method.

It is caught right here:

switch (error.type) {
                case ExoPlaybackException.TYPE_SOURCE:
                    Log.e(TAG, "TYPE_SOURCE: " + error.getSourceException().getMessage());
                    //Restart the playback
                    play(mediaItem);
                    break;

Currently, I am handling the error in a way that I restart the playback.