feat(android-playback): option to download track bytes and play instead of Streaming

lib/components/Settings/Settings.dart

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import 'package:spotube/models/SpotubeTrack.dart';
 import 'package:spotube/provider/Auth.dart';
 import 'package:spotube/provider/Playback.dart';
 import 'package:spotube/provider/UserPreferences.dart';
+import 'package:spotube/utils/platform.dart';
 import 'package:url_launcher/url_launcher_string.dart';
 
 class Settings extends HookConsumerWidget {
@@ -272,6 +273,23 @@ class Settings extends HookConsumerWidget {
                         },
                       ),
                     ),
+                    if (kIsMobile)
+                      ListTile(
+                        leading: const Icon(Icons.download_for_offline_rounded),
+                        title: const Text(
+                          "Pre download and play",
+                        ),
+                        subtitle: const Text(
+                          "Instead of streaming audio, download bytes and play instead (Recommended for higher bandwidth users)",
+                        ),
+                        trailing: Switch.adaptive(
+                          activeColor: Theme.of(context).primaryColor,
+                          value: preferences.androidBytesPlay,
+                          onChanged: (state) {
+                            preferences.setAndroidBytesPlay(state);
+                          },
+                        ),
+                      ),
                     ListTile(
                       leading: const Icon(Icons.fast_forward_rounded),
                       title: const Text(

lib/provider/Downloader.dart

@@ -52,10 +52,11 @@ class Downloader with ChangeNotifier {
     // Using android Audio Focus to keep the app run in background
     _playback.mobileAudioService?.session?.setActive(true);
     grabberQueue.add(() async {
-      final track = await ref.read(playbackProvider).toSpotubeTrack(
+      final track = (await ref.read(playbackProvider).toSpotubeTrack(
-            baseTrack,
+                baseTrack,
-            noSponsorBlock: true,
+                noSponsorBlock: true,
-          );
+              ))
+          .item1;
       _queue.add(() async {
         final cleanTitle = track.ytTrack.title.replaceAll(
           RegExp(r'[/\\?%*:|"<>]'),

lib/provider/Playback.dart

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import 'dart:convert';
 
 import 'package:audio_service/audio_service.dart';
 import 'package:audioplayers/audioplayers.dart';
+import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
 import 'package:flutter_riverpod/flutter_riverpod.dart';
 import 'package:hive/hive.dart';
 import 'package:spotify/spotify.dart';
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ import 'package:spotube/utils/platform.dart';
 import 'package:spotube/utils/primitive_utils.dart';
 import 'package:spotube/utils/service_utils.dart';
 import 'package:spotube/utils/type_conversion_utils.dart';
+import 'package:tuple/tuple.dart';
 import 'package:youtube_explode_dart/youtube_explode_dart.dart' hide Playlist;
 import 'package:collection/collection.dart';
 import 'package:spotube/extensions/list-sort-multiple.dart';
@@ -154,7 +156,7 @@ class Playback extends PersistedChangeNotifier {
               playlist!.tracks[currentTrackIndex + 1],
             ).then((v) {
               _isPreSearching = false;
-              return v;
+              return v.item1;
             });
           }
           if (track != null && preferences.skipSponsorSegments) {
@@ -211,10 +213,12 @@ class Playback extends PersistedChangeNotifier {
         status = PlaybackStatus.loading;
         notifyListeners();
       }
-
+      AudioOnlyStreamInfo? manifest;
       // the track is not a SpotubeTrack so turning it to one
       if (track is! SpotubeTrack) {
-        track = await toSpotubeTrack(track);
+        final s = await toSpotubeTrack(track);
+        track = s.item1;
+        manifest = s.item2;
       }
 
       final tag = MediaItem(
@@ -238,7 +242,7 @@ class Playback extends PersistedChangeNotifier {
       updatePersistence();
       await player.play(
         track.ytUri.startsWith("http")
-            ? UrlSource(track.ytUri)
+            ? await getAppropriateSource(track, manifest)
             : DeviceFileSource(track.ytUri),
       );
       status = PlaybackStatus.playing;
@@ -372,7 +376,7 @@ class Playback extends PersistedChangeNotifier {
   }
 
   // playlist & track list methods
-  Future<SpotubeTrack> toSpotubeTrack(
+  Future<Tuple2<SpotubeTrack, AudioOnlyStreamInfo>> toSpotubeTrack(
     Track track, {
     bool noSponsorBlock = false,
   }) async {
@@ -389,7 +393,7 @@ class Playback extends PersistedChangeNotifier {
       _logger.v("[Track Search Artists] $artistsName");
       final mainArtist = artistsName.first;
       final featuredArtists = artistsName.length > 1
-          ? "feat. " + artistsName.sublist(1).join(" ")
+          ? "feat. ${artistsName.sublist(1).join(" ")}"
           : "";
       final title = ServiceUtils.getTitle(
         track.name!,
@@ -487,11 +491,11 @@ class Playback extends PersistedChangeNotifier {
         }
       });
 
-      final ytUri = (audioQuality == AudioQuality.high
+      final chosenStreamInfo = audioQuality == AudioQuality.high
-              ? audioManifest.withHighestBitrate()
+          ? audioManifest.withHighestBitrate()
-              : audioManifest.sortByBitrate().last)
+          : audioManifest.sortByBitrate().last;
-          .url
+
-          .toString();
+      final ytUri = chosenStreamInfo.url.toString();
 
       final skipSegments = cachedTrack?.skipSegments != null &&
               cachedTrack!.skipSegments!.isNotEmpty
@@ -517,14 +521,17 @@ class Playback extends PersistedChangeNotifier {
         );
       }
 
-      return SpotubeTrack.fromTrack(
+      return Tuple2(
-        track: track,
+        SpotubeTrack.fromTrack(
-        ytTrack: ytVideo,
+          track: track,
-        // Since Mac OS's & IOS's CodeAudio doesn't support WebMedia
+          ytTrack: ytVideo,
-        // ('audio/webm', 'video/webm' & 'image/webp') thus using 'audio/mpeg'
+          // Since Mac OS's & IOS's CodeAudio doesn't support WebMedia
-        // codec/mimetype for those Platforms
+          // ('audio/webm', 'video/webm' & 'image/webp') thus using 'audio/mpeg'
-        ytUri: ytUri,
+          // codec/mimetype for those Platforms
-        skipSegments: skipSegments,
+          ytUri: ytUri,
+          skipSegments: skipSegments,
+        ),
+        chosenStreamInfo,
       );
     } catch (e, stack) {
       _logger.e("topSpotubeTrack", e, stack);
@@ -532,6 +539,52 @@ class Playback extends PersistedChangeNotifier {
     }
   }
 
+  Future<Source> getAppropriateSource(
+    SpotubeTrack track, [
+    AudioOnlyStreamInfo? manifest,
+  ]) async {
+    if (!kIsMobile || !preferences.androidBytesPlay) {
+      return UrlSource(track.ytUri);
+    }
+    final List<int> bytesStore = [];
+    final bytesFuture = Completer<Uint8List>();
+
+    if (manifest == null) {
+      StreamManifest trackManifest = await raceMultiple(
+        () => youtube.videos.streams.getManifest(track.ytTrack.id),
+      );
+      final audioManifest = trackManifest.audioOnly.where((info) {
+        final isMp4a = info.codec.mimeType == "audio/mp4";
+        if (kIsLinux) {
+          return !isMp4a;
+        } else if (kIsMacOS || kIsIOS) {
+          return isMp4a;
+        } else {
+          return true;
+        }
+      });
+
+      manifest ??= audioManifest.sortByBitrate().last;
+    }
+
+    youtube.videos.streamsClient.get(manifest).listen(
+      (data) {
+        bytesStore.addAll(data);
+      },
+      onDone: () {
+        bytesFuture.complete(Uint8List.fromList(bytesStore));
+      },
+      onError: (e) {
+        _logger.e("toByteTrack", e);
+        bytesFuture.completeError(e);
+      },
+    );
+
+    final bytes = await bytesFuture.future;
+
+    return bytes.isNotEmpty ? BytesSource(bytes) : UrlSource(track.ytUri);
+  }
+
   Future<void> setPlaylistPosition(int position) async {
     if (playlist == null) return;
     await playPlaylist(playlist!, position);

lib/provider/UserPreferences.dart

@@ -38,12 +38,15 @@ class UserPreferences extends PersistedChangeNotifier {
   LayoutMode layoutMode;
   bool rotatingAlbumArt;
 
+  bool androidBytesPlay;
+
   UserPreferences({
     required this.geniusAccessToken,
     required this.recommendationMarket,
     required this.themeMode,
     required this.ytSearchFormat,
     required this.layoutMode,
+    this.androidBytesPlay = true,
     this.saveTrackLyrics = false,
     this.accentColorScheme = Colors.green,
     this.backgroundColorScheme = Colors.grey,
@@ -63,6 +66,11 @@ class UserPreferences extends PersistedChangeNotifier {
     }
   }
 
+  void setAndroidBytesPlay(bool value) {
+    androidBytesPlay = value;
+    notifyListeners();
+  }
+
   void setThemeMode(ThemeMode mode) {
     themeMode = mode;
     notifyListeners();
@@ -191,6 +199,7 @@ class UserPreferences extends PersistedChangeNotifier {
       orElse: () => kIsDesktop ? LayoutMode.extended : LayoutMode.compact,
     );
     rotatingAlbumArt = map["rotatingAlbumArt"] ?? rotatingAlbumArt;
+    androidBytesPlay = map["androidBytesPlay"] ?? androidBytesPlay;
   }
 
   @override
@@ -210,6 +219,7 @@ class UserPreferences extends PersistedChangeNotifier {
       "downloadLocation": downloadLocation,
       "layoutMode": layoutMode.name,
       "rotatingAlbumArt": rotatingAlbumArt,
+      "androidBytesPlay": androidBytesPlay,
     };
   }
 }

pubspec.lock

@@ -1229,6 +1229,13 @@ packages:
       url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
     source: hosted
     version: "1.0.0"
+  tuple:
+    dependency: "direct main"
+    description:
+      name: tuple
+      url: "https://pub.dartlang.org"
+    source: hosted
+    version: "2.0.1"
   typed_data:
     dependency: transitive
     description:

pubspec.yaml

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ dependencies:
   fl_query: ^0.3.0
   fl_query_hooks: ^0.3.0
   flutter_inappwebview: ^5.4.3+7
+  tuple: ^2.0.1
 
 dev_dependencies:
   flutter_test: