Found the problem! In my case it was because I was specifying a background colour for the VideoView which was being rendered over the top of the video, which was playing perfectly! lol
See here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3165233/android-videoview-not-playing-sample-video-on-t-mobile-g2-just-audio/ On Jul 2, 11:42 am, Cardy <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > All I'm trying to do is play the first video retrieved from the > external SD card, which on my T-Mobile G2 turns out to be the sample > video for the phone. > > Now I assumed that since it plays in the phones video player, that > it'd have no problems with playing in the VideoView in my test app. > > How wrong... > > All I get is the audio playing. I'm pretty sure the code is all fine. > After all it's pretty simple. All I can think is that maybe the phones > video player uses some native playback function which supports more > video formats? > > Can anyone else explain this behaviour? > > Android Framework team? > > Code: > > public class Video extends Activity { > > /** Called when the activity is first created. */ > @Override > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) > { > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > > requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE); > > getWindow().setFlags(WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN, > > WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_FULLSCREEN); > > setContentView(R.layout.video); > > // Get the external storage state > String state = Environment.getExternalStorageState(); > > // Check if we can read it in > if (Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED.equals(state)==false&& > Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED_READ_ONLY.equals(state)==false) > { > // We can't read from the memory card, so warn and return; > Toast toast = Toast.makeText(this, > "The SD card is either missing or not in a > readable > state.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG); > toast.show(); > return; > } > > // Get a cursor to the video files > Cursor cc = this.getContentResolver().query( > MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, > null, null, null, null); > > // Get the video column index > int videoIDColumn = > cc.getColumnIndex(MediaStore.Video.VideoColumns._ID); > > // Iterate though the videos pointed to by the cursor > if (cc.moveToFirst()) > { > int videoID = cc.getInt(videoIDColumn); > Uri videoPath = > Uri.withAppendedPath(MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,String.val > ueOf(videoID)); > > // Log and add a video to the view > Log.i("Video Found",videoPath.toString()); > > VideoView videoView = > (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.VideoTest); > videoView.setVideoURI(videoPath); > videoView.start(); > } > else > { > Toast toast = Toast.makeText(this, > "Can't find a video to play.", > Toast.LENGTH_LONG); > toast.show(); > } > } > > > > } -- 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
