diff --git a/library/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/SimpleCacheTest.java b/library/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/SimpleCacheTest.java
index 001c6adc87..93d7a123bc 100644
--- a/library/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/SimpleCacheTest.java
+++ b/library/src/androidTest/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/SimpleCacheTest.java
@@ -192,6 +192,41 @@ public class SimpleCacheTest extends InstrumentationTestCase {
     assertEquals(0, cacheDir.listFiles().length);
   }
 
+
+  public void testGetCachedBytes() throws Exception {
+    SimpleCache simpleCache = getSimpleCache();
+    CacheSpan cacheSpan = simpleCache.startReadWrite(KEY_1, 0);
+
+    // No cached bytes, returns -'length'
+    assertEquals(-100, simpleCache.getCachedBytes(KEY_1, 0, 100));
+
+    // Position value doesn't affect the return value
+    assertEquals(-100, simpleCache.getCachedBytes(KEY_1, 20, 100));
+
+    addCache(simpleCache, KEY_1, 0, 15);
+
+    // Returns the length of a single span
+    assertEquals(15, simpleCache.getCachedBytes(KEY_1, 0, 100));
+
+    // Value is capped by the 'length'
+    assertEquals(10, simpleCache.getCachedBytes(KEY_1, 0, 10));
+
+    addCache(simpleCache, KEY_1, 15, 35);
+
+    // Returns the length of two adjacent spans
+    assertEquals(50, simpleCache.getCachedBytes(KEY_1, 0, 100));
+
+    addCache(simpleCache, KEY_1, 60, 10);
+
+    // Not adjacent span doesn't affect return value
+    assertEquals(50, simpleCache.getCachedBytes(KEY_1, 0, 100));
+
+    // Returns length of hole up to the next cached span
+    assertEquals(-5, simpleCache.getCachedBytes(KEY_1, 55, 100));
+
+    simpleCache.releaseHoleSpan(cacheSpan);
+  }
+
   private SimpleCache getSimpleCache() {
     return new SimpleCache(cacheDir, new NoOpCacheEvictor());
   }
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/Cache.java b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/Cache.java
index 8dcfe75670..86ff810142 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/Cache.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/Cache.java
@@ -198,6 +198,18 @@ public interface Cache {
   */
   boolean isCached(String key, long position, long length);
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the length of the cached data block starting from the {@code position} to the block end
+   * up to {@code length} bytes. If the {@code position} isn't cached then -(the length of the gap
+   * to the next cached data up to {@code length} bytes) is returned.
+   *
+   * @param key The cache key for the data.
+   * @param position The starting position of the data.
+   * @param length The maximum length of the data to be returned.
+   * @return the length of the cached or not cached data block length.
+   */
+  long getCachedBytes(String key, long position, long length);
+
   /**
    * Sets the content length for the given key.
    *
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/CachedContent.java b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/CachedContent.java
index c744a176ad..fb59d23666 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/CachedContent.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/CachedContent.java
@@ -106,43 +106,49 @@ import java.util.TreeSet;
    * which defines the maximum extents of the hole in the cache.
    */
   public SimpleCacheSpan getSpan(long position) {
-    SimpleCacheSpan span = getSpanInternal(position);
-    if (!span.isCached) {
-      SimpleCacheSpan ceilEntry = cachedSpans.ceiling(span);
-      return ceilEntry == null ? SimpleCacheSpan.createOpenHole(key, position)
-          : SimpleCacheSpan.createClosedHole(key, position, ceilEntry.position - position);
+    SimpleCacheSpan lookupSpan = SimpleCacheSpan.createLookup(key, position);
+    SimpleCacheSpan floorSpan = cachedSpans.floor(lookupSpan);
+    if (floorSpan != null && floorSpan.position + floorSpan.length > position) {
+      return floorSpan;
     }
-    return span;
+    SimpleCacheSpan ceilSpan = cachedSpans.ceiling(lookupSpan);
+    return ceilSpan == null ? SimpleCacheSpan.createOpenHole(key, position)
+        : SimpleCacheSpan.createClosedHole(key, position, ceilSpan.position - position);
   }
 
-  /** Queries if a range is entirely available in the cache. */
-  public boolean isCached(long position, long length) {
-    SimpleCacheSpan floorSpan = getSpanInternal(position);
-    if (!floorSpan.isCached) {
+  /**
+   * Returns the length of the cached data block starting from the {@code position} to the block end
+   * up to {@code length} bytes. If the {@code position} isn't cached then -(the length of the gap
+   * to the next cached data up to {@code length} bytes) is returned.
+   *
+   * @param position The starting position of the data.
+   * @param length The maximum length of the data to be returned.
+   * @return the length of the cached or not cached data block length.
+   */
+  public long getCachedBytes(long position, long length) {
+    SimpleCacheSpan span = getSpan(position);
+    if (span.isHoleSpan()) {
       // We don't have a span covering the start of the queried region.
-      return false;
+      return -Math.min(span.isOpenEnded() ? Long.MAX_VALUE : span.length, length);
     }
     long queryEndPosition = position + length;
-    long currentEndPosition = floorSpan.position + floorSpan.length;
-    if (currentEndPosition >= queryEndPosition) {
-      // floorSpan covers the queried region.
-      return true;
-    }
-    for (SimpleCacheSpan next : cachedSpans.tailSet(floorSpan, false)) {
-      if (next.position > currentEndPosition) {
-        // There's a hole in the cache within the queried region.
-        return false;
-      }
-      // We expect currentEndPosition to always equal (next.position + next.length), but
-      // perform a max check anyway to guard against the existence of overlapping spans.
-      currentEndPosition = Math.max(currentEndPosition, next.position + next.length);
-      if (currentEndPosition >= queryEndPosition) {
-        // We've found spans covering the queried region.
-        return true;
+    long currentEndPosition = span.position + span.length;
+    if (currentEndPosition < queryEndPosition) {
+      for (SimpleCacheSpan next : cachedSpans.tailSet(span, false)) {
+        if (next.position > currentEndPosition) {
+          // There's a hole in the cache within the queried region.
+          break;
+        }
+        // We expect currentEndPosition to always equal (next.position + next.length), but
+        // perform a max check anyway to guard against the existence of overlapping spans.
+        currentEndPosition = Math.max(currentEndPosition, next.position + next.length);
+        if (currentEndPosition >= queryEndPosition) {
+          // We've found spans covering the queried region.
+          break;
+        }
       }
     }
-    // We ran out of spans before covering the queried region.
-    return false;
+    return Math.min(currentEndPosition - position, length);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -190,15 +196,4 @@ import java.util.TreeSet;
     return result;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Returns the span containing the position. If there isn't one, it returns the lookup span it
-   * used for searching.
-   */
-  private SimpleCacheSpan getSpanInternal(long position) {
-    SimpleCacheSpan lookupSpan = SimpleCacheSpan.createLookup(key, position);
-    SimpleCacheSpan floorSpan = cachedSpans.floor(lookupSpan);
-    return floorSpan == null || floorSpan.position + floorSpan.length <= position ? lookupSpan
-        : floorSpan;
-  }
-
 }
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/SimpleCache.java b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/SimpleCache.java
index e3e887c6ed..14f006c850 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/SimpleCache.java
+++ b/library/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/cache/SimpleCache.java
@@ -354,7 +354,13 @@ public final class SimpleCache implements Cache {
   @Override
   public synchronized boolean isCached(String key, long position, long length) {
     CachedContent cachedContent = index.get(key);
-    return cachedContent != null && cachedContent.isCached(position, length);
+    return cachedContent != null && cachedContent.getCachedBytes(position, length) >= length;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public synchronized long getCachedBytes(String key, long position, long length) {
+    CachedContent cachedContent = index.get(key);
+    return cachedContent != null ? cachedContent.getCachedBytes(position, length) : -length;
   }
 
   @Override