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Media3: v1.6.0-alpha03

February 06, 2025

androidx.media3:media3-*:1.6.0-alpha03 is released. Version 1.6.0-alpha03 contains these commits.

• ExoPlayer:
  • Add option to ClippingMediaSource to allow clipping in unseekable media.
  • Fix bug where seeking with pre-warming could block following media item transition.
• Audio:
  • Make androidx.media3.common.audio.SonicAudioProcessor final.
• Video:
  • Change MediaCodecVideoRenderer.shouldUsePlaceholderSurface to protected so that applications can override to block usage of placeholder surfaces (#1905).
  • Add experimental ExoPlayer AV1 sample dependency parsing to speed up seeking. Enable it with the new DefaultRenderersFactory.experimentalSetParseAv1SampleDependencies API.
• Muxers:
  • Disable Mp4Muxer sample batching and copying by default.
• Remove deprecated symbols:
  • Removed androidx.media3.exoplayer.audio.SonicAudioProcessor.