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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 .

Playing video in videoview android

I am trying to play a video in a video view. The xml code contains the video view as:
<VideoView
android:id="#+id/vvIntroVideo"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="0dip"
android:layout_weight="38" />
and in the Java part of code I have:
public class LoginPage extends Activity {
private VideoView introVideoView;
private static String DEBUG = LoginPage.class.getSimpleName();
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_login_page);
//initializing part
introVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.vvIntroVideo);
try {
introPlayer();
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
Log.v(DEBUG, e.getMessage().toString());
}
}
#Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.login_page, menu);
return true;
}
public void introPlayer(){
Uri video = Uri.parse("android:resource://"+getPackageName()+"/"+R.raw.documentariesandyou);
introVideoView.setVideoURI(video);
introVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
mp.setLooping(true);
}
});
introVideoView.start();
}
}
The application shows the error that the video cannot be played. The video is in MP4 so there might not be problem in that. Can anyone help me in this case.

First define ProgressDialog mProgressDialog;
Then try this code,it worked for me:
video = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VideoView1);
final MediaController mc = new MediaController(this);
mc.setAnchorView(video);
mc.setMediaPlayer(video);
Uri uri = Uri.parse(path1);
video.setMediaController(mc);
System.out.println("!-- uri: "+uri.toString());
video.setVideoURI(uri);
video.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
mProgressDialog.dismiss();
}
});
video.start();
video.setOnCompletionListener(new OnCompletionListener() {
#Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
}
});
}
public void showLoaderProgress(){
mProgressDialog = new ProgressDialog(this);
mProgressDialog.setMessage("Loading Video\nPlease wait...");
mProgressDialog.setIndeterminate(true);
mProgressDialog.setCancelable(false);
mProgressDialog.show();
}
where path1 is your video path.

As you are a beginer i am giving you code to play video in videoview,this will play both videos from raw folder as well from server url with live streaming. to play local just load URI to vieoview rest all thing are same.its very easy to understand.i hope it will help you.
globals in activity
private MediaController controller;
ProgressBar progressBar = null;
private String _url;
Oncreate
VideoView video = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoView1);
controller = new MediaController(VideoScreen.this);
video.setMediaController(controller);
video.setVideoPath(_url);
video.requestFocus();
video.start();
progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
video.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
mp.start();
progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
mp.setOnVideoSizeChangedListener(new OnVideoSizeChangedListener() {
#Override
public void onVideoSizeChanged(MediaPlayer mp, int arg1,
int arg2) {
progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
mp.start();
}
});
}
});

I found the solution. Actually the problem was in encoding of video. I was using gingerbread emulator to test application and the video was in mp4 h.264. But it seems gingerbread is capable in playing mp4 or 3gpp h.263 only in default.

MediaController Play On Video Click

I have a simple app where a video loads from a url and when you click on the video, the MediaController pops up.
This works fine, but I'm wondering if there is a way I can just skip that step and have it so that clicking the video automatically triggers the 'play' function of the MediaController without having to ever see it.
These videos are short and I don't need to be able to control them other than just pressing play.
Here is my code:
private static final String MOVIE_URL ="http://mywebsite.com/videos/testvideo.mkv";
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
final VideoView vid = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoView);
Uri video = Uri.parse(MOVIE_URL);
vid.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
vid.setVideoURI(video);
vid.seekTo(1);
vid.setOnClickListener(
new View.OnClickListener()
{
#Override
public void onClick(View view)
{
vid.start();
vid.requestFocus();
}
}
);
}
EDIT
I needed to use onTouchListener instead of onClickListener because it's a videoview. This works perfectly!
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
final VideoView vid = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoView);
Uri video = Uri.parse(MOVIE_URL);
// vid.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
vid.setVideoURI(video);
vid.seekTo(1);
vid.setOnTouchListener(
new View.OnTouchListener()
{
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
vid.start();
vid.requestFocus();
return false;
}
}
);
}

Add a PreparedListener to listen for video if prepared . When the VideoView is prepared to start the play
vid.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
vid.start();
vid.requestFocus();
}
});
vid.setVideoURI(video);
When setVideoURI, the instance of MediaPlayerwill be created and register for MediaPlayer setOnPreparedListener . So that when MediaPlayer is prepared the VideoView onPrepared listener will get called.

VideoView - MediaController not showing up

I can't get it working... Whenever I touch my video, nothing is happing... Although, I think, the MediaController should be visible...
I currently use following function to play my video:
private void playCachedVideo(final VideoView videoView, final Context c, File f)
{
//videoView.setZOrderOnTop(true);
videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener()
{
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp)
{
mp.setOnVideoSizeChangedListener(new OnVideoSizeChangedListener()
{
#Override
public void onVideoSizeChanged(MediaPlayer mp, int width, int height)
{
MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(c);
mediaController.setMediaPlayer(videoView);
mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);
videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
}
});
}
});
videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.fromFile(f));
videoView.start();
}
The video plays fine, but I can't get any MediaController to show up...
PS: I'm showing the player in a DialogFragment

Try this:
mMediaController = new MediaController(getActivity());
replace c by getActivity().

You need to attach the controller to the VideoView and then call mediaController.show(timeInMillisec) in onPrepared() callback.
This show the controller on touch of videoview and will hide the controller after specified timeInMillisec.
public class VideoViewActivity extends Activity implements MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener{
private VideoView mVideoView = null;
MediaController mediaController = null;
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.videoview_layout);
mVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VideoView);
mVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(this);
mediaController = new MediaController(mVideoView.getContext());
mediaController.setMediaPlayer(mVideoView);
mediaController.setAnchorView(mVideoView);
mVideoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
mVideoView.setVideoPath("URL");
}
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
mVideoView.start();
mediaController.show(2000);
}
}

How to Play mp4 Video in Android Emulator Using Remote URL?

How to Play mp4 Video in Android Emulator Using Remote URL ? I used following code but this code give me error "Sorry, this video cannot be played".
07-05 16:58:19.525: INFO/AwesomePlayer(34): mConnectingDataSource->connect() returned -1007
07-05 16:58:19.525: ERROR/MediaPlayer(1242): error (1, -1007)
07-05 16:58:19.525: ERROR/MediaPlayer(1242): Error (1,-1007)
07-05 16:58:19.525: DEBUG/VideoView(1242): Error: 1,-1007
My Code is:-
public class VideoPlayerController extends Activity {
#Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.main);
VideoView videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.VideoView);
MediaController mediaController = new MediaController(this);
mediaController.setAnchorView(videoView);
String Video="http://s509.photobucket.com/albums/s338/eveanthony/?action=view&current=Video013.mp4";
videoView.setMediaController(mediaController);
videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(Video));
videoView.start();
}
}

You need to execute the app on original device rather than emulator since it does not supports playing video files. In rare cases it may but it really depends upon your system configurations.

Android 4.1.2 version seems to play mp4 video in the emulator in youtube app, not elsewhere. I tested it. Both Intel and non-Intel version work. 4.0.3 did not play them.

private VideoView myVideoView;
private int position = 0;
private ProgressDialog progressDialog;
private MediaController mediaControls;
#Override
protected void onCreate(final Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
private static final String Videos_URL = "*Your_URI*";
// Get the layout from video_main.xml
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
// Find your VideoView in your video_main.xml layout
myVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoView);
// Create a progressbar
progressDialog = new ProgressDialog(this);
// Set progressbar title
progressDialog.setTitle("Anything u Want");
// Set progressbar message
progressDialog.setMessage("Loading...");
progressDialog.setCancelable(false);
// Show progressbar
progressDialog.show();
try {
Uri video = Uri.parse(Videos_URL);
myVideoView.setVideoURI(video);
myVideoView.setMediaController(mediaControls);
} catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("Error", e.getMessage());
e.printStackTrace();
}
myVideoView.requestFocus();
myVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
// Close the progress bar and play the video
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
progressDialog.dismiss();
myVideoView.seekTo(position);
if (position == 0) {
myVideoView.start();
} else {
myVideoView.pause();
}
}
});
}
#Override
public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onSaveInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
savedInstanceState.putInt("Position", myVideoView.getCurrentPosition());
myVideoView.pause();
}
#Override
public void onRestoreInstanceState(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onRestoreInstanceState(savedInstanceState);
position = savedInstanceState.getInt("Position");
myVideoView.seekTo(position);
}
}