These phones are killing me with exceptions while running the same trivial code that works on other phones, in which I play a short mp3 file packed as a raw resource. This is the only MediaPlayer use in my app, so I am sure not exhausting any limits on number of such items.
Here is the code that works on most Android phones and not on at least SOME Hero/Eris. What can/should I be doing differently? // often (always?) returns null on Hero/Eris when called from within my app's main activity MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(this, resId); mp.start(); // this will just crash on a Hero/Eris, as mp will be null // ditto... returns null and I do not know why mp = MediaPlayer.create(getBaseContext(), resId); **I have no Hero or Eris on which to test**, and so further detail is difficult to obtain. I also tried the following code after some other dev opined that Hero/ Eris had trouble playing audio resources. I copy the resource out to a file and then just get another error. mp = new MediaPlayer(); copyResourceToFile(resId, "foo.mp3"); mp.setDataSource(fname); mp.prepare(); // fails on java.io.IOException: Prepare failed.: status=0x1 Could this be an unsupported codec (it's a 4 second mp3 for crying out loud, exported from Audacity)? Should I try a PCM encoded wav file? I would love some data from those who have actually done this on Hero/ Eris. I suspect any "well, this should work" answers will fail just as mine have. tone -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Beginners" group. NEW! Try asking and tagging your question on Stack Overflow at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/android To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
