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Select Video Quality like YouTube in Android

I want to make a sample Android app where I will get a video URL from the server and I have to play video in VideoView. That has been achieved. Now I want to put a button in VideoView where I can select Video Quality like
YOUTUBE Stream Quality Selection
My Code for VideoView is
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
VideoView simpleVideoView;
MediaController mediaControls;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// Find your VideoView in your video_main.xml layout
simpleVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.simpleVideoView);
if (mediaControls == null) {
// create an object of media controller class
mediaControls = new MediaController(MainActivity.this);
mediaControls.setAnchorView(simpleVideoView);
}
// set the media controller for video view
simpleVideoView.setMediaController(mediaControls);
// set the uri for the video view
simpleVideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse("android.resource://" + getPackageName() + "/" + R.raw.fishvideo));
// start a video
simpleVideoView.start();
// implement on completion listener on video view
simpleVideoView.setOnCompletionListener(new MediaPlayer.OnCompletionListener() {
#Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Thank You...!!!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); // display a toast when an video is completed
}
});
simpleVideoView.setOnErrorListener(new MediaPlayer.OnErrorListener() {
#Override
public boolean onError(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Oops An Error Occur While Playing Video...!!!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show(); // display a toast when an error is occured while playing an video
return false;
}
});
}
}
I want to load Video based on Stream Quality Selection. Please guide me. Any sample code for Library would be great

Android Studio- Media Player doesn't play sound On Genymotion?

I am trying to build a small app which plays a sound when we click on the button. But I am not able to play the sound. Don't know what the problem is. Please help me on this. Below is the code.
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private Button button;
private MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(getApplicationContext(),R.raw.song);
button = (Button)findViewById(R.id.mediaButtonId);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
mediaPlayer.start();
}
});
}
}
Note:-Sorry guys,I thought that the problem is with my code but the app is running perfectly fine on my phone,so its the problem with my genymotion emulator.Can anyone please suggest me the solution for this.By the way,I am using Mac OSX.

The MediaPlayer has its own lifecycle. You can't just create the instance and then start to play. First you have to prepare it and then play it.
You can prepare your mediaplayer either sync or asynchronously.
Something along the lines of:
MediaPlayer mediaPlayer= new MediaPlayer();
mediaPlayer=MediaPlayer.create(getApplicationContext(),R.raw.song);
mediaPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
mediaPlayer.start();
}
});
mediaPlayer.prepareAsync();
Or, if you want to do it synchronously
MediaPlayer mediaPlayer= new MediaPlayer();
mediaPlayer=MediaPlayer.create(getApplicationContext(),R.raw.song);
try {
mediaPlayer.prepare();
} catch (IOException e){
}
mediaPlayer.start();
Just make sure you prepare it before you play it.
Media Player lifecycle: https://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaPlayer.html

You need to make sure the media player is ready before you can play it, so you set the onPreparedListener to handle this for you, like so:
MediaPlayer mp = new MediaPlayer();
mp = MediaPlayer.create(getApplicationContext(),R.raw.song);
mp.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
mp.start();
}
});
button = (Button)findViewById(R.id.mediaButtonId);
button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
mp.prepareAsync();
}
});
There will be a slight delay from when you press the button to the sound playing this way. Another way to do it could be to disable the button until the media player has prepared and then in the onclick of the button you could just call mp.start(); when the button has been enabled.

Video not playing but audio plays fine on Live Streaming in android

I have a VideoView which is used to play live stream. I am not able to find where the problem occurs.
In the beginning, I used RTMP to play the live stream using Vitamio which resulted in playing the audio leaving the screen blank. I checked out with the RTMP link, it works fine with a website. I surfed a lot about this, but I did not find any solution.
So now, I switched to HTTP to play the live stream which also results in the same problem (i.e audio playing fine but video is blank).
I am expecting a solution for either RTMP or HTTP.
Any Suggestions???
UPDATE 1: I have found a problem with the link. I used VLC Media Player to check whether my RTMP and HTTP link is working fine or not. The RTMP link works fine whereas the problem was with the HTTP link. The HTTP link plays only the audio.
On the other hand, having the RTMP link working fine, it doesn't solve the problem when using Vitamio. Any Suggestions for RTMP??
Here is my code:
public class ITVLiveStreamActivity extends Activity {
private VideoView liveVideoView;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_itvlive_stream);
liveVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.liveVideoView);
MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
mediaController.setAnchorView(liveVideoView);
Uri uri = Uri.parse(getIntent().getStringExtra("rtmp://61.16.143.170:1935/live/7khh-8fhu-vxd3-8fuw"));
liveVideoView.setVideoURI(uri);
liveVideoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
liveVideoView.requestFocus();
liveVideoView.start();
}
}
UPDATE 2:
Here is my code using Vitamio:
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.os.Bundle;
import io.vov.vitamio.LibsChecker;
import io.vov.vitamio.MediaPlayer;
import io.vov.vitamio.widget.MediaController;
import io.vov.vitamio.widget.VideoView;
public class ITVLiveStreamActivity extends Activity {
private String pathToFileOrUrl="rtmp://61.16.143.170:1935/live/7khh-8fhu-vxd3-8fuw";
private VideoView mVideoView;
private ProgressDialog progDailog;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
if(!LibsChecker.checkVitamioLibs(this))
return;
setContentView(R.layout.activity_itvlive_stream);
mVideoView = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.vitamio_videoView);
progDailog = new ProgressDialog(this);
progDailog.setCancelable(false);
progDailog.setMessage(getResources().getString(R.string.loading));
progDailog.show();
mVideoView.setVideoPath(pathToFileOrUrl);
mVideoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
mVideoView.requestFocus();
mVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
progDailog.dismiss();
mediaPlayer.setPlaybackSpeed(1.0f);
}
});
}
}
I am getting the same result (i.e) Audio is playing but video is blank.
Here I have added the screenshot

You can create an activity like this to open default Video View
public class VideoViewActivity extends Activity {
// Declare variables
ProgressDialog pDialog;
VideoView videoview;
// Insert your Video URL
// String VideoURL; /*= "http://www.androidbegin.com/tutorial/AndroidCommercial.3gp";*/
String VideoURL;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
// Get the layout from video_main.xml
setContentView(R.layout.video_view);
// Find your VideoView in your video_main.xml layout
videoview = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VideoView);
// Execute StreamVideo AsyncTask
VideoURL = getIntent().getExtras().getString(Constants.LINK);
// Log.v("video", VideoURL);
// Create a progressbar
pDialog = new ProgressDialog(VideoViewActivity.this);
// Set progressbar title
//pDialog.setTitle("Android Video Streaming Tutorial");
// Set progressbar message
pDialog.setMessage("Buffering...");
pDialog.setIndeterminate(false);
pDialog.setCancelable(false);
// Show progressbar
pDialog.show();
try {
// Start the MediaController
MediaController mediacontroller = new MediaController(
VideoViewActivity.this);
mediacontroller.setAnchorView(videoview);
// Get the URL from String VideoURL
Uri video = Uri.parse(VideoURL);
videoview.setMediaController(mediacontroller);
videoview.setVideoURI(video);
} catch (Exception e) {
// Log.e("Error", e.getMessage());
pDialog.dismiss();
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
videoview.setOnErrorListener(new OnErrorListener() {
#Override
public boolean onError(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {
CommonUtilities.showToast(VideoViewActivity.this, "Video Format not supported by device.");
VideoViewActivity.this.finish();
return true;
}
});
}
videoview.requestFocus();
videoview.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
// Close the progress bar and play the video
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
pDialog.dismiss();
videoview.start();
}
});
}
}

hi i have done this and its working fine here is code
public class PlayingLiveStream extends Activity {
VideoView vvmyliveplaying;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_playinglivestream);
vvmyliveplaying = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.vvmyliveplaying);
MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
mediaController.setAnchorView(vvmyliveplaying);
Uri uri = Uri.parse(getIntent().getStringExtra("url_play"));
vvmyliveplaying.setVideoURI(uri);
vvmyliveplaying.setMediaController(mediaController);
vvmyliveplaying.requestFocus();
}
#Override
public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
if (item.getItemId() == android.R.id.home) {
try {
vvmyliveplaying.pause();
finish();
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
return false;
}
}
<VideoView
android:id="#+id/vvmyliveplaying"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent" />
Edited Answer
I have tested streaming on vitamio library demo sample and its working fine.
public class VideoViewDemo extends Activity {
private VideoView mVideoView;
private String pathToFileOrUrl ="rtmp://61.16.143.170:1935/live/7khh-8fhu-vxd3-8fuw";
private ProgressDialog progDailog;
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
super.onCreate(icicle);
if (!LibsChecker.checkVitamioLibs(this))
return;
setContentView(R.layout.videoview);
mVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.surface_view);
progDailog = new ProgressDialog(this);
progDailog.setCancelable(false);
progDailog.setMessage("Please wait");
progDailog.show();
mVideoView.setVideoPath(pathToFileOrUrl);
mVideoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
mVideoView.requestFocus();
mVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
progDailog.dismiss();
mediaPlayer.setPlaybackSpeed(1.0f);
}
});
}
}
and xml layout,
<io.vov.vitamio.widget.VideoView
android:id="#+id/surface_view"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" />
Now i'm sure code work well.
Thanks hope this will help you .

User touch quickly on MediaController. Bug only happens on Nexus 4.

In my activity I have got a VideoView which should show a MediaController on touch. If the user touches quickly on Controller while VideoView is not following, after that user presses back button, then my app will be stuck.
setContentView(R.layout.activity_play_video_fullscreen);
videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.video_view);
urlString = getIntent().getStringExtra(EXTRA_URL);
videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(urlString));
videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
// video ready to play - hide progress bar
ProgressBar pb = (ProgressBar)findViewById(R.id.progress_bar);
pb.setVisibility(ProgressBar.INVISIBLE);
}
});
videoView.setOnCompletionListener(new OnCompletionListener() {
#Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
// video finished - terminate this activity
AxUtils.axLog(AxUtils.eDbgLogError, AxUtils.eDbgLogGroupDialer, String.format("PlayVideoFullsreenActivity.videoView.onCompletion(): Fullscreen video playback completed.\n"));
finish();
}
});
// install our own error handler
videoView.setOnErrorListener(new OnErrorListener() {
#Override
public boolean onError(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {
AxUtils.axLog(AxUtils.eDbgLogError, AxUtils.eDbgLogGroupDialer, String.format("PlayVideoFullsreenActivity.videoView.onError(): Playback failed. what=%d(%s) extra=%d(%s)\n",
what, what_toString(what), extra, extra_toString(extra)));
String reason;
if (what == MediaPlayer.MEDIA_ERROR_SERVER_DIED) {
reason = "Server connection lost.";
}
else {
reason = extra_toString(extra);
}
String message = String.format("Playback Failed. %s", reason);
Toast.makeText(PlayVideoFullscreenActivity.this.getApplicationContext(), message, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
finish();
return true;
}
});
// add playback controls
mediaController = new MediaController(this);
mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView.getRootView());
videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);

In your preparedListeners, disable and enable your media controllers. It should solve your issue.
Good luck.

How can i show a ProgressBar when mediaPlayer is prepairing to play

This is the code in my main Activity:
private void initControls()
{
streamButton = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button_stream);
streamButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
{
public void onClick(View view)
{
loading = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.progressBar1);
Toast
.makeText(
MyActivity.this,
"The following stream is about to start" + station,
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
player.playAudioFile(urlstring2);
streamButton.setEnabled(false);
notificate();
}
});
}
And here is the code in witch i start the mediaplayer itself:
public class player extends MyMainActivity{
static MediaPlayer player;
private static final String TAG = player.class.getSimpleName();
public static void playAudioFile(String urlstring2) {
player = new MediaPlayer();
try {
player.setDataSource(urlstring2);
loading.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
player.prepareAsync();
//player.start();
} catch (Throwable thr) {
Log.e(TAG, "could not play audio", thr);
loading.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
}
player.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
player.start();
loading.setVisibility(View.INVISIBLE);
}
});
}
public static void releasePlayer() {
if (player != null) {
// Player-Ressourcen freigeben
player.release();
player = null;
}
}
}
What I want to do is to show the progressBar (the cicling one) when the user presses the "play" Button, and I need it to disapear when the mediaplayer starts to play.
atm I just get the circle to show after the player has startet to play and never disapear ...
Edit: I got it to work.
I did initiate the player like this: player.prepare(); insteas of player.prepareAsync();
So the progressbar was shown for a view milliseconds.

Try this out.
Start the Progress Bar in the button click here like this,
streamButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
{
public void onClick(View view)
{
ProgressDialog progressDialog=null;
progressDialog=ProgressDialog.show(context, "", "Playing...");
Toast
.makeText(
MyActivity.this,
"The following stream is about to start" + station,
Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
player.playAudioFile(urlstring2);
streamButton.setEnabled(false);
notificate();
}
});
And you have to override the media player's on Prepared listener, so that you can stop the progress bar within it like this,
Player.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
progressDialog.cancel();
}
});
By this you can achieve to show Progress until your Mediaplayer starts to play the file.

Came back to finally mark this Question as solved, so I copied what I edited into my question previously.
I got it to work. I did initiate the player like this:
player.prepare(); insteas of player.prepareAsync(); So the progressbar
was shown for a view milliseconds.

add the code to hide your ProgressBar after this line:
player.start();
And also in your catch block. That should make it go away once the player is either playing, or failing to play.
If you add the code that you are using to show the ProgressBar now I can help you with how to hide it also.