Marco, Thank you so much! I just spent a day and a half trying every example I could get my hands on, and about 2 minutes before you replied I found a hint that video could not be a raw resource. I had just been adapting every example to include that, and it never occurred to me that might be the problem!
The dev guide I reference is here http://developer.android.com/guide/topics/media/index.html It is very lacking on video info in general, but in particular it never mentions that video cannot be a raw resource, and I never found that on Google's site anywhere! I would like to file a issue, but before I do, do you know if they include it elsewhere? I don't want to turn in an issue that says it is never mentioned, and then have them dismiss it because it was mentioned somewhere I didn't look. Thanks again, I am so relieved to be done with that! Hamy On May 27, 10:57 am, Marco Nelissen <[email protected]> wrote: > Which "Audio and Video dev guide" are you referring to? If that guide tells > you that the code you posted should work, it needs to be fixed :) > There are several problems in your code, but the main one is that you can't > use any of the MediaPlayer.create() convenience methods to play video from a > resource. This is because create() calls prepare() internally, but you need > to call setDisplay() before calling prepare(). > You'll need to use "new MediaPlayer" and setDataSource and setDisplay > instead. Also be sure to wait for the surfaceCreated callback on the > SurfaceHolder before calling start(). > > On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Hamy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hey all, > > > I can only hear sound when trying to play a video in a surfaceView. > > The video codecs are very likely supported - I was reading this > > thread: > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/threa... > > where Mark Murphy mentions that the video is known to work. > > > This is very straightforward code, right off the Audio and Video dev > > guide, so I am surprised I am having so much trouble with it. > > > Thanks, > > Hamilton > > > Here is all the code in my onCreate method > > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > > setContentView(R.layout.main); > > > MediaPlayer mp = MediaPlayer.create(this, > > R.raw.documentariesandyou); > > SurfaceView sv = (SurfaceView)findViewById(R.id.surface); > > mp.setDisplay(sv.getHolder()); > > mp.start(); > > } > > > and here is my XML > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > > <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/ > > android" > > android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > android:layout_height="fill_parent"> > > <SurfaceView android:id="@+id/surface" > > android:layout_width="fill_parent" > > android:layout_height="fill_parent" /> > > </LinearLayout> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
