One thing to try is to encode a clip without Id3v2, and see the behavior. That would reduce the probability of "insufficient data" by a bit.
-Ravi On May 12, 5:02 pm, rktb <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was able to reproduce the problem, and it is definitely timing > dependent. For the eclair codebase, I found a problem in OpenCORE's > mp3 parser node. That, however, has been fixed on the latest codebase > available at kernel.org. > > Now, for applications that are being written for existing Android SDK > releases, I don't have a way out yet. > > -Ravi > > On May 12, 12:47 pm, SDS <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I’m experiencing an intermittent and very frustrating issue with > > MediaPlayer on Android when streaming MP3 over HTTP. I’ve done as > > much research and debugging as I possibly can to try and find a > > solution, but am coming up short. I can’t find reference to this > > issue anywhere, including b.android.com. > > > Essentially, what’s happening is MediaPlayer will not come out of the > > preparing state. The device is receiving audio data during this time, > > as indicated by network sniffs and the MediaPlayer buffering callback > > being invoked repeatedly with increasing percentage values, but > > eventually the buffer appears to become full and stops receiving. > > Because prepare() never returns, or more accurately when > > prepareAsync() is used and the onPrepared callback is never invoked, > > and neither the onError() nor onInfo() callbacks are invoked, the > > application can neither call MediaPlayer.start() nor make any sort of > > recovery. > > > Other notable observations: > > > - The problem is intermittent, meaning that subsequent attempts to > > play the exact same MP3 stream from the exact same server may exhibit > > this behavior or not > > - The problem seems to be exasperated when the device is connected via > > 3G versus wifi > > - The problem occurs on different MP3’s encoded by different software > > - The problem occurs when streaming from different HTTP servers > > - The problem cannot be reproduced on any of the Android SDK emulators > > - The problem can be reproduced on the HTC Incredible, Verizon > > Motorola DROID, and HTC Touch > > - When MediaPlayer successfully returns from the preparing state, > > there is an info message (what=1, extra=44) received. This info > > message is not received during the problematic case. > > > Anyone ever experienced this, or even find a solution? > > > Thank you in advance. > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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
