Hi Megha, Actually i developed Android application for playing Audio and Video but the prob is tht ki my application didnt support mp3 but i can play 3gp even i m not able to play mp4...i saw ur comment tht mp4 has been supported by android so can u give me any idea and if possible share code tht play mp4 ..
I will wait for response and thanks in advance...... On Mar 22, 12:06 am, "Megha Joshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Kosmaj, > > The streaming URLs should be played as shown in the MediaPlayer sample. The > streaming URL that you provided causes an exception in the native > MediaPlayer. > I have logged this bug for now. > > Thanks, > MeghaOn Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 8:15 PM, Kosmaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Megha > > > Thank you for your prompt reply! > > > You say: > > > Streaming is supported for mp4 and 3gp formats currently. > > > The "http://"; protocol should be used, not "rtsp://" . > > > I'll be happy with http but how?? > > After creating a MediaPlayer instance, and setting all > > listeners, I tried the following: > > > if (!URLUtil.isNetworkUrl(path)) { // local file > > Log.d(TAG, "setDataSource, local file: " + path); > > mp.setDataSource(path); > > mp.prepare(); > > mp.start(); > > > } else { > > Log.d(TAG, "setDataSource, remote file: " + path); > > mp.setDataSource(path); > > mp.prepareAsync(); > > mp.start(); // <-- shall I do this here? > > } > > > and later: > > > private boolean nowPlaying=false; > > private int bufferingPcMin=5; > > > public void onBufferingUpdate(MediaPlayer mpx, int pc) { > > Log.d(TAG, "onBufferingUpdate ---> pc="+pc); > > > if(pc>bufferingPcMin && !nowPlaying) { > > Log.d(TAG, "Starting remote media, pc="+pc); > > mpx.start(); > > nowPlaying=true; > > } > > } > > > Here is the LogCat output: > > DEBUG/VideoPlayer(1173): setDataSource, remote file: > >http://daily3gp.com/vids/747.3gp > > DEBUG/VideoPlayer(1173)<http://daily3gp.com/vids/747.3gpDEBUG/VideoPlayer%281173%29>: > > onBufferingUpdate ---> pc=0 > > DEBUG/VideoPlayer(1173): onBufferingUpdate ---> pc=1 > > DEBUG/VideoPlayer(1173): onBufferingUpdate ---> pc=6 > > DEBUG/VideoPlayer(1173): Starting remote media, pc=6 > > > at which point the app craches with the SEGV signal in > > /system/lib/libmedia.so and > > /system/lib/libmedia_jni.so > > > I'm aware that pcMin of 5% is too low, but I could never > > get more than 14% of media, and sometimes only 0% or 1%. > > Is this the way to use onBufferingUpdate ?? > > > I'm ready to refactor my app to use the VideoView but > > I'm afraid VideoView calls MediaPlayer in the > > background and then I'll hit the same problem? > > > Your further help will be greatly appreciated. > > Kosmaj > > > On Mar 21, 7:09 am, "Megha Joshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Kosmaj, > > > > The future release of the Media APIs will have lots of bugs fixed, I > > have > > > tried to answer your concerns below for now: > > > > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Kosmaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks to Google for sending someone to help us with the Media Player > > > > and to Megha Joshi for providing a working code. As far as I can say > > > > the only > > > > difference to the old code (which worked in m3 but doesn't work now) > > > > is the > > > > absence of another thread to run > > > > mp.setDataSource and > > > > mp.prepare (or mp.prepareAsync). > > > > > Local 3gp and mp4 files now play well (except for the choppy sound on > > > > Vista) but > > > > no remote files can be downloaded. There are only a few hits to > > > > onBufferingUpdate > > > > callback and then nothing. When the above two calls are placed in a > > > > Runnable and > > > > run in a separate thread, then a remote mp3 file can be played (but > > > > only first 20 > > > > seconds or so). Can you kindly tell us what exactly changed in m5, > > > > and how to > > > > handle MediaPlayer in a multi-threaded environment? > > > > The progressive download feature for remote media files which was > > provided > > > in the m3 release was removed in the m5 release. That is the reason for > > the > > > remote mp3 files playback not working in your case. For playing remote > > > files, only streaming format is supported now. Streaming is supported > > for > > > mp4 and 3gp formats currently. The "http://"; protocol should be used, > > not > > > "rtsp://" . > > > > > For the Android challenge me and my team need the remote video file > > > > play-back capability and in this situation it seems we have only two > > > > options: > > > > to switch back to m3 or to give up. Needless to say we are > > > > disappointed. > > > > I expected one more sdk release before the challenge deadline but > > > > obviously > > > > there will be none. > > > > > Can VideoView play remote files? > > > > Yes, VideoView can play streaming mp4 and 3gp files(http://) . > > > > > Finally, to Megha et al, note that there is one more bug in mp4 > > > > playback: > > > > when the view holder's size is larger than the mp4 frame size the > > > > video is > > > > distorted. If the holder's size is equal or smaller than the frame > > > > size then > > > > it's okay. > > > > This is a bug in m5, but it has been fixed for the next release. A > > method > > > will be provided to get the framesize of the video and > > > set the holder's size accordingly. > > > > Thanks, > > > Megha --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Announcing the new M5 SDK! http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/02/android-sdk-m5-rc14-now-available.html For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
