[Android] Odd problem with TMediaplayer

[Michele 0]

Hi there!

I'm facing a quite off problem...

On a very easy Android/Delphi App i've a tmemo, a tbutton and a tmediaplayer.

On the OnClick of the button i do this:

memo.Lines.Add('blablabla');
MediaPlayer1.FileName := System.IOUtils.TPath.Combine(TPath.GetDocumentsPath, 'a.mp3'); //playing an internal resource
MediaPlayer1.Play;
 

The problem is that "blablabla" is written on the memo only after Mediaplayer finishes playing the file...very very odd!

 

Any ideas?

 

I'm using Delphi 10.3 Community Edition

 

 

Edited July 19, 2021 by Michele

[Remy Lebeau 1399]

6 hours ago, Michele said:

The problem is that "blablabla" is written on the memo only after Mediaplayer finishes playing the file...very very odd!

That implies that Play() is acting synchronously, not exiting until the audio is finished, thus blocking the main thread from rendering UI updates.  Is that actually the case?  It should be running asynchronously instead.

[Rollo62 536]

16 hours ago, Remy Lebeau said:

That implies that Play() is acting synchronously, not exiting until the audio is finished, thus blocking the main thread from rendering UI updates.  Is that actually the case?  It should be running asynchronously instead.

I had the same thought when reading this.

In my app I can use TMediaPlayer to play files without blocking, even several TMediaPlayer could play in parallel

 

You could try to decouple the "Play" method, to ensure that the Memo is forced update first.

If that still delays the display, then probably something is blocking somewhere else.

memo.Lines.Add('blablabla');
MediaPlayer1.FileName := System.IOUtils.TPath.Combine(TPath.GetDocumentsPath, 'a.mp3'); //playing an internal resource

TThread.ForceQueue(
    nil,
    procedure
    begin
        MediaPlayer1.Play;
    end );

 

[Michele 0]

1 hour ago, Rollo62 said:

I had the same thought when reading this.

In my app I can use TMediaPlayer to play files without blocking, even several TMediaPlayer could play in parallel

 

You could try to decouple the "Play" method, to ensure that the Memo is forced update first.

If that still delays the display, then probably something is blocking somewhere else.

memo.Lines.Add('blablabla');
MediaPlayer1.FileName := System.IOUtils.TPath.Combine(TPath.GetDocumentsPath, 'a.mp3'); //playing an internal resource

TThread.ForceQueue(
    nil,
    procedure
    begin
        MediaPlayer1.Play;
    end );

 

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

This works perfectly!

Many many thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Rollo62 536]

Strange, I would investigate why and where its blocking in the first test.

[Michele 0]

Just now, Rollo62 said:

Strange, I would investigate why and where its blocking in the first test.

Sure, as soon as i have a little bit more time to investigare!

Thank you!