Have you checked that your setVideoPath returns a correct video path ? Can you see the video when calling the start method ?
Yahel On Mar 26, 6:46 pm, Abhi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Could anyone tell me how to use getDuration() method for VideoView? I > tried using getDuration() much after using setVideoPath() but the > result is always the same -1. > > Abhi > > On Mar 26, 1:19 pm, Abhi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I am using VideoView and I tried using getDuration() this way > > > * defined VideoView mVideoView earlier in the code.. > > > mVideoView.setVideoPath(getDataSource(path)); > > long duration = mVideoView.getDuration(); > > mVideoView.start(); > > > This returns a -1 when I try reading 'duration' > > > Abi > > > On Mar 26, 1:12 pm, Simone Russo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Try the MediaPlayer.getDuration() method > > > Simone > > > > On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Abhi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Is there a way to determine the length of a video before playing it? > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Abi > > > > > -- > > > > 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]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > > > [email protected]> > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+ > > > > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words > > > > "REMOVE > > > > ME" as the subject. -- 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
