Hi, I am trying to develop a DLNA client. I want the user to see all the playable data (not at the same time) on the network. I wanted to store the information of the media in some form of a database. I tried to use MediaService to scan a particular media
http://<ip-Address>:<port-no>/WMPNSSv4/2201497635/1_ezQ3MzNGOERCLTE4MkMtNDBEOC1BQTNDLUZFOTg1RjUyQTlBRX0uMC44.mp4 This is a video on one of my media servers(which you will not be able to see). and this is the error I am receiving. 03-11 17:17:04.215 1201 1201 E >>>>>>>>>>>>>>Working<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<:onMediaScannerConnected 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 W MediaScanner:MediaScannerClient::setLocale is not supported on GTV. 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: Exception in handleMessage 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to create new file: http://<ip-Address>:<port-no>/WMPNSSv4/2201497635/1_ezQ3MzNGOERCLTE4MkMtNDBEOC1BQTNDLUZFOTg1RjUyQTlBRX0uMC44.mp4 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: at com.android.providers.media.MediaProvider.ensureFile(MediaProvider.java: 1345) 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: at com.android.providers.media.MediaProvider.insertInternal(MediaProvider.java: 1586) 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: at com.android.providers.media.MediaProvider.insert(MediaProvider.java: 1381) 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: at android.content.ContentProvider$Transport.insert(ContentProvider.java: 150) 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: at android.media.MediaScanner $MyMediaScannerClient.endFile(MediaScanner.java:781) 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: at android.media.MediaScanner $MyMediaScannerClient.doScanFile(MediaScanner.java:536) 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: at android.media.MediaScanner.scanSingleFile(MediaScanner.java:1208) 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: at com.android.providers.media.MediaScannerService.scanFile(MediaScannerService.java: 200) 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: at com.android.providers.media.MediaScannerService.access $100(MediaScannerService.java:48) 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: at com.android.providers.media.MediaScannerService $ServiceHandler.handleMessage(MediaScannerService.java:244) 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99) 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123) 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: at com.android.providers.media.MediaScannerService.run(MediaScannerService.java: 188) 03-11 17:17:04.343 969 1209 E MediaScannerService: at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096) 03-11 17:17:04.347 652 672 D Checkin : Logging stats: CRASHES_REPORTED(count 1, sum 0.0) 03-11 17:17:04.559 652 1306 I DumpStateReceiver: Added state dump to 1 crashes Is it possible to scan a file on the network and add it to the MediaStore db or will I have to create my own scanning service and db for this. Also how would i scan a file in android. I know linux has a "file" command which would tell what kind of file it is. Does the android sdk have a similar thing? Thanks, Mrinal -- 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
