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VideoView seekTo 0 instead of specific position

I'm trying to start video from specific position but VideoView has strange behave. When I run code like that
videoView.seekTo(2000)
int current = videoView.getCurrentPosition()
Log.e("Current Time", String.valueOf(current))
Log gives me value 0. It should give 2000 because this is current position. Even If I implement onPreparedListener it doesn't worked (but in different way). It display proper value (2000) but video still is not seek.
videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp)
{
videoView.getDuration();
videoView.seekTo(2000);
Log.e("Current: ", String.valueOf(videoView.getCurrentPosition()));
}
});
How to fight this ? If I will build MediaPlayer + SurfaceView it will helps or will behave same as VideoView ?

Actually, the thing is,VideoView.seekTo() is a wrapper around MediaPlayer.seekTo(). This function returns almost immediately even though the actual seeking is still being performed. Therefore you want to wait for seeking to complete via MediaPlayer.OnSeekCompleteListener.
However, the standard VideoView does not support OnSeekCompleteListener.
But you can copy and locally customize the VideoView class to add this support yourself.
Or, You could try this
mVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer .OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
mp.setOnSeekCompleteListener(new OnSeekCompleteListener() {
#Override
public void onSeekComplete(MediaPlayer mp) {
Log.e("Current: ", String.valueOf(videoView.getCurrentPosition()));
}
});
}
});
videoView.seekTo(2000); //or wherever the call is to be made
Hope this should help.

android videoview mp4 seekto can only seek to every 10 seconds

i have an mp4 i am trying to view on my android in a video view but for some reason when i use seekto i can only seek to every 10 seconds. if i seek to 34 seconds it seeks to 30 and if i seek to 36 it seeks to 40. and so on for every thing i try to seek to. i have heard something about seek points in an mp4 file. is this whats causing my seek to fail?
videoView = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.watchMp4View);
videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(uri));
videoView.requestFocus();
videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
videoView.seekTo(timeToSkip); //
mediaPlayer.seekTo(timeToSkip);
mediaPlayer.setOnSeekCompleteListener(new MediaPlayer.OnSeekCompleteListener() {
#Override
public void onSeekComplete(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
videoView.start();
}
});

this issue is related to the creation of the .mp4 file, your file need to be prepared to allow seeking, in the encoding process check the Keyframe property, try with a shorter keyframe.

Get the video time while playing android

I just want to ask how to get the time of the video while it plays. I am using videoview. Let us say for example, when you are playing a video with a length of 10 minutes and you are already in 4th minute, how can I get the value of 4 minute? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Below is my code in playing video.
private void PlayVideo(){
MediaController mc = new MediaController(getActivity());
mc.setAnchorView(videoMovie);
Uri video = Uri.parse(url);
videoMovie.setMediaController(mc);
videoMovie.setVideoURI(video);
videoMovie.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
videoMovie.start();
}
});
}

Look this tutorial
and if you want to get the time of the video while it plays, this code is work well
videoView.getDuration()

Android mediacontroller Play Pause controls not refresh properly

I have used MediaController in my activity its working fine but when I play video for first time then there should b pause button visible but instead there is play and when I press that button then the video is paused correctly and state remains the same and after that its working properly. And same thing happens when Video Completed.
Is this a bug or I am doing any thing wrong?
videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
mediaController = new MediaController(VideoPlayerActivity.this){
public void hide(){
}
public void show(){
if(isPlayingAd){
super.hide();
}else{
super.show();
}
}
};
videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
mediaController.setMediaPlayer(videoView);
mediaController.show();
}
});

I've been having the same issue. I was not calling MediaController.setVideoView as you were, as I thought VideoView.setMediaController was sufficient for wiring things up. I tried adding that, then moving the call to show within onPrepared, and now it is working.
I wish I had a better understanding; my best guess is that perhaps everything needs to be wired up properly before the media is prepared, and before calling show. In any case, here is what I have:
mMediaController = new MediaController(VideoPlayerActivity.this, false);
mVideoView.setOnPreparedListener( new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer pMp) {
mMediaController.show();
}
});
mVideoView.setMediaController(mMediaController);
mMediaController.setMediaPlayer(mVideoView);
mVideoView.setVideoPath(uri); // may not be applicable in your case
mVideoView.requestFocus();
mVideoView.start();

As Oneworld mentioned on the other answer, I had same issue with old Samsung devices. Even though MediaController wired with VideoView properly, play button loses its sync until pause and play again with MediaController.
This thing seems only happens on old Samsung devices(KitKat and below i guess).
The only solution I found was play video programmically by videoview.start() before showing controller by mc.show().

Buffering videos with VideoView

I have an Activity that takes a url and plays the video with a VideoView. This works fine.
However, there is a buffer time before the video starts playing. Because of this, the VideoView is black. There is no spinner indicating a buffer loading.
Is there a parameter of the VideoView that will show a spinner? If not, is there some message that gets broadcast when the video starts playing? That way I can show my own spinner and hide it when the message is received.

I've found the answer. Add a ProgressBar over the top of the VideoView and do the following:
mPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
mSpinner.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
});