feat: auto-reconnect VOD playback after network loss

android/app/src/main/kotlin/com/edde746/plezy/exoplayer/ExoPlayerPlugin.kt

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class ExoPlayerPlugin : FlutterPlugin, MethodChannel.MethodCallHandler,
     private var configuredTunnelingEnabled: Boolean = true
 
     private var debugLoggingEnabled: Boolean = false
+    private val pendingMpvProperties = mutableListOf<Pair<String, String>>()
 
     // FlutterPlugin
 
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ class ExoPlayerPlugin : FlutterPlugin, MethodChannel.MethodCallHandler,
             }
             "setSubtitleStyle" -> handleSetSubtitleStyle(call, result)
             "observeProperty" -> handleObserveProperty(call, result)
+            "setMpvProperty" -> handleSetMpvProperty(call, result)
             "setLogLevel" -> {
                 val level = call.argument<String>("level") ?: "warn"
                 debugLoggingEnabled = (level == "v" || level == "debug" || level == "trace")
@@ -209,6 +211,9 @@ class ExoPlayerPlugin : FlutterPlugin, MethodChannel.MethodCallHandler,
             return
         }
 
+        // New media = fresh slate for pending MPV properties
+        pendingMpvProperties.clear()
+
         activity?.runOnUiThread {
             if (usingMpvFallback) {
                 // MPV: Build loadfile command with options
@@ -472,6 +477,24 @@ class ExoPlayerPlugin : FlutterPlugin, MethodChannel.MethodCallHandler,
         result.success(null)
     }
 
+    private fun handleSetMpvProperty(call: MethodCall, result: MethodChannel.Result) {
+        val name = call.argument<String>("name")
+        val value = call.argument<String>("value")
+
+        if (name == null || value == null) {
+            result.error("INVALID_ARGS", "Missing 'name' or 'value'", null)
+            return
+        }
+
+        if (usingMpvFallback) {
+            mpvCore?.setProperty(name, value)
+        } else {
+            // Store for later application if ExoPlayer falls back to MPV
+            pendingMpvProperties.add(Pair(name, value))
+        }
+        result.success(null)
+    }
+
     private fun handleGetStats(result: MethodChannel.Result) {
         activity?.runOnUiThread {
             val stats = if (usingMpvFallback) {
@@ -644,6 +667,12 @@ class ExoPlayerPlugin : FlutterPlugin, MethodChannel.MethodCallHandler,
                         }
                     }
 
+                    // Apply any pending MPV properties from Dart
+                    for ((propName, propValue) in pendingMpvProperties) {
+                        mpvCore?.setProperty(propName, propValue)
+                    }
+                    pendingMpvProperties.clear()
+
                     // Setup property observers
                     mpvCore?.observeProperty("time-pos", "double")
                     mpvCore?.observeProperty("duration", "double")

lib/mpv/player/platform/player_android.dart

@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ class PlayerAndroid extends PlayerBase {
           }
         }
         break;
-      // Other properties are no-ops for ExoPlayer
+      default:
+        // Forward unknown properties to Kotlin for MPV fallback
+        await invoke('setMpvProperty', {'name': name, 'value': value});
     }
   }
 

lib/screens/video_player_screen.dart

@@ -1053,6 +1053,14 @@ class VideoPlayerScreenState extends State<VideoPlayerScreen> with WidgetsBindin
             ? Duration(milliseconds: widget.metadata.viewOffset!)
             : null;
 
+        // Enable FFmpeg auto-reconnect for VOD streams (covers network drops up to 10 min)
+        if (!widget.isOffline && !widget.isLive) {
+          await player!.setProperty('stream-lavf-o-append', 'reconnect=1');
+          await player!.setProperty('stream-lavf-o-append', 'reconnect_on_network_error=1');
+          await player!.setProperty('stream-lavf-o-append', 'reconnect_streamed=1');
+          await player!.setProperty('stream-lavf-o-append', 'reconnect_delay_max=600');
+        }
+
         // If we have external subtitles, open paused to add them before playback starts.
         // This prevents a race condition on Android where adding subtitle tracks
         // during active playback can freeze the video decoder (issue #226).