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Reduce the initial loading time of video in videoview

In my project i was implemented the videoview for streaming videos. It is taking lot of time for loading and buffering the videos where as other players or browser taking far lesser time then videoview.. I was searching in internet from a couple of days couldn't able to find the proper solution for my case. I am loading the videos from Amazon S3 bucket i don't think it is because of server
private void playVideo() {
vidUri = Uri.parse(movieUrl);
vidControl = new CustomMediaControl(this, new CustomMediaControl.MediaFullScreen() {
#Override
public void fullScreenButtonClicked() {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_LANDSCAPE);
}
#Override
public void fullScreenButtonExited() {
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
}
});
videoPlayer.setMediaController(vidControl);
videoPlayer.setVideoURI(vidUri);
videoPlayer.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
mp.start();
mp.setOnInfoListener(new MediaPlayer.OnInfoListener() {
#Override
public boolean onInfo(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {
switch (what) {
case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_INFO_VIDEO_RENDERING_START: {
progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
return true;
}
case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_INFO_BUFFERING_START: {
progressBar.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
return true;
}
case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_INFO_BUFFERING_END: {
progressBar.setVisibility(View.GONE);
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
});
}
});
videoPlayer.setOnErrorListener(new MediaPlayer.OnErrorListener() {
#Override
public boolean onError(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {
Log.e("Media Details", "hello");
return true;
}
});
videoPlayer.start();
videoPlayer.seekTo(stopPosition);
}
I was also looked into the below links Link1 and Link2.
Let me know if you need more clarity

Live streaming does not working when try to play live streaming videos using vitamio library

Here is my Class
public class VideoViewActivity extends Activity implements OnInfoListener, OnBufferingUpdateListener {
boolean isStart;
VideoView mVideoView;
ProgressBar pb;
TextView downloadRateView, loadRateView;
String videourl = "";
ImageView img_add;
ImageLoader imageLoader = ImageLoader.getInstance();
#Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
if (!LibsChecker.checkVitamioLibs(this))
return;
setContentView(R.layout.video_view);
img_add = (ImageView) findViewById(R.id.img_add);
// imageLoader.init(GetOption.getConfig(this));
WebAPIHelper web = new WebAPIHelper(Constant.videoaddimage, VideoViewActivity.this, true);
web.callRequestGet("http://fillatv.com/fillatv/service/get_banners.php");
pb = (ProgressBar) findViewById(R.id.probar);
downloadRateView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.download_rate);
loadRateView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.load_rate);
mVideoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.surface_view);
mVideoView.setOnTouchListener(new View.OnTouchListener() {
#Override
public boolean onTouch(View v, MotionEvent event) {
return false;
}
});
Button btn_back = (Button) findViewById(R.id.back);
btn_back.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
VideoViewActivity.this.finish();
}
});
Intent intent = getIntent();
videourl = ((DataContainer) intent.getSerializableExtra("v_url")).link;
//videourl = intent.getStringExtra("v_url");
PlayVideo();
}
#Override
public void onResume() {
super.onResume();
}
#Override
public void onPause() {
super.onPause();
}
private void PlayVideo() {
Log.e("video url", videourl);
Uri uri = Uri.parse(videourl);
mVideoView.setVideoURI(uri);
mVideoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
mVideoView.requestFocus();
mVideoView.setOnInfoListener(this);
mVideoView.setOnBufferingUpdateListener(this);
mVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
#Override
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mediaPlayer) {
// optional need Vitamio 4.0
mediaPlayer.setPlaybackSpeed(1.0f);
}
});
mVideoView.setOnErrorListener(new OnErrorListener() {
#Override
public boolean onError(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "no Streaming Found try after some time", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
finish();
return false;
}
});
}
#Override
public boolean onInfo(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {
switch (what) {
case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_INFO_BUFFERING_START:
if (mVideoView.isPlaying()) {
mVideoView.pause();
isStart = true;
pb.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
downloadRateView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
loadRateView.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
break;
case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_INFO_BUFFERING_END:
if (isStart) {
mVideoView.start();
pb.setVisibility(View.GONE);
downloadRateView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
loadRateView.setVisibility(View.GONE);
}
break;
case MediaPlayer.MEDIA_INFO_DOWNLOAD_RATE_CHANGED:
downloadRateView.setText(" " + extra + "kb/s" + " ");
break;
}
return true;
}
#Override
public void onBufferingUpdate(MediaPlayer mp, int percent) {
loadRateView.setText(percent + "%");
}
public void viewdata(String data) {
String img;
try {
JSONArray j_array = new JSONArray(data);
for (int i = 0; i < j_array.length(); i++) {
JSONObject j_obj = j_array.getJSONObject(i);
System.out.print(j_obj.getString("status"));
System.out.print(j_obj.getString("id"));
System.out.print(j_obj.getString("Image"));
img = j_obj.getString("Image");
imageLoader.displayImage(img, img_add, GetOption.getOption());
}
} catch (Exception e) {
}
}
}
When Try to run it shows below error. spent one day to resolve this but can't find important hope you guys have solution for this.
E/Vitamio[4.2.6][Player]: FIND_NAME_SYM vvo, render_yuv
11-26 18:59:29.556 28707-28882/com.fillatv.live E/Vitamio[4.2.6][Player]: avformat_open_input: Invalid data found when processing input : -1094995529
11-26 18:59:29.556 28707-28879/com.fillatv.live E/Vitamio[4.2.6][Player]: error (1, -1094995529)
11-26 18:59:29.637 28707-28707/com.fillatv.live E/Vitamio[Player]: Error (1, -1094995529)
If anyone needs more detail please tell me,I will provide.Any help would be appreciated,Thanks in advance.

videoview oncompletionlistener not called in android?

i am displaying images and video in imageview and videoview but the issue is when video is
playing onpreparedlistener called but when video finish oncompletion listener not called
when videoview complete i increment the i for next video or images
also it gives me error in logcat like this but video is playing
10-29 20:12:47.770: E/MediaPlayer(3975): error (1, -2147483648)
private void nextVideo(String path){
mImageview.setVisibility(View.GONE);
if(mVideoview.getVisibility()==View.GONE){
mVideoview.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
controller = new MediaController(HomeActivityNewViewPager.this);
mVideoview.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(path));
mVideoview.setMediaController(null);
controller.setMediaPlayer(mVideoview);
mVideoview.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
mVideoview.start();
long duration = mVideoview.getDuration();
second=duration;
//handler.removeCallbacks(runnable);
//handler.postDelayed(runnable,second);
}
});
mVideoview.setOnCompletionListener(new OnCompletionListener() {
#Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
Log.v("video view completed","---"+i);
mp.reset();
if(automode){
if(i==myplaylistlocal.size() || i>myplaylistlocal.size())
{
String checkcount=spreferences.getString("roundcount", "");
Log.v("roundcount==Before Integer.parseInt","---->"+roundcount);
if(roundcount>=Integer.parseInt(checkcount))
{
roundcount=0;
Log.v("roundcount==After Integer.parseInt","---->"+roundcount);
updateplaylist();
}
i=0;
indexplus();
imagesautomode();
i++;
}
else if(i==myplaylistlocal.size()-1)
{
imagesautomode();
i++;
}
else{
imagesautomode();
}
}
else{
i++;
images();
}
}
});
mVideoview.setOnErrorListener(new OnErrorListener() {
#Override
public boolean onError(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {
Log.v("Error in video playing","----->"+i);
return true;
}
});
}

Either way, the error referenced above is MEDIA_ERROR_UNKNOWN. If this video was made for this app, I would make sure that it is properly encoded for Android. Also make sure that is clearly defines its endpoint.
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/media/MediaPlayer.html#MEDIA_ERROR_UNKNOWN
this is a work around but could possbly work in your situation:
#Override
public boolean onError(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {
if(what == MediaPlayer.MEDIA_ERROR_UNKNOWN)
//ERROR UNKNOWN - COULD BE IMPROPERLY FORMATTED VIDEO {
//MOVE ON TO NEXT VIDEO
//DO LOGGING
}
}

Android MediaPlayer Streaming Error: 100: MEDIA_ERROR_SERVER_DIED

I've developed an app which takes an advantage of the native Android's MediaPlayer. The source code of my class making use of Media Player is below.
The problem is that only on some devices after some miliseconds of playback (I hear only voice, the screen remains black) I keep getting error(100,0) which according to the documentation says
public static final int MEDIA_ERROR_SERVER_DIED
Media server died. In this case, the application must release the MediaPlayer object and instantiate a new one.
On forums I've found out that I need to reset the player every time I get it... but I get it after just a short moment and then it dies forever. I cannot reset the player every second since playback is useless. I cannot get why some devices have this problem and others not. The one that I know has Android OS > 4.0.
Of course, first init() and then showVideo() are getting called. The last onError with code 100 is then called. What's a potential solution to make the streams run continuously and not break?
public class NativePlayer extends Player implements OnBufferingUpdateListener,
OnCompletionListener, OnErrorListener, OnInfoListener {
private VideoView videoview;
private PlayerListener listener;
private MainActivity context;
private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NativePlayer.class);
#Override
public void init(MainActivity activity) {
this.videoview = (VideoView) activity.findViewById(R.id.video);
context = activity;
}
#Override
public void showVideo(final String url, final PlayerListener _listener) {
listener = _listener;
videoview.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
try {
Uri video = Uri.parse(url);
videoview.setVideoURI(video);
} catch (Exception e) {
logger.error("Error playing video", e);
listener.onVideoError();
return;
}
videoview.setOnCompletionListener(this);
videoview.setOnErrorListener(this);
videoview.requestFocus();
videoview.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
videoview.start();
if (listener != null) {
listener.onVideoStarted();
}
}
});
}
#Override
public void onStop() {
stop();
}
private void stop() {
if (videoview == null) {
return;
}
if (videoview.isPlaying()) {
videoview.stopPlayback();
}
}
#Override
public void onDestroy() {
}
#Override
public void onCompletion(MediaPlayer mp) {
stop();
}
#Override
public boolean onError(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {
if (listener != null) {
listener.onVideoError();
}
return false;
}
#Override
public boolean onInfo(MediaPlayer mp, int what, int extra) {
if (listener != null) {
listener.onInfo(what, extra);
}
return false;
}
#Override
public void onBufferingUpdate(MediaPlayer mp, int percent) {
if (listener != null) {
listener.onBufferingUpdate(percent);
}
}
}

I had same problem (error 100, mediaplayer died, etc.).
I resolve it by using .stopPlayback(), and starting stream again.
Below is my part of code:
private void startWatchVideo(final string video_link) {
videoViewVA.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
videoViewVA.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(video_link));
videoViewVA.requestFocus();
videoViewVA.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer media) {
media.start();
}
});
videoViewVA.setOnErrorListener(new OnErrorListener() {
#Override
public boolean onError(MediaPlayer media, int what, int extra) {
if (what == 100)
{
videoViewVA.stopPlayback();
startWatchVideo(video_link);
}
return true;
}
});
}
On practice it looks like video is just slows down

Why won't ProgressDialog show properly?

My ProgressDialog will not show up. In my program the user selects bitrate from a pop up menu, the content is fetched online and displayed in VideoView.
However, all I get is a black screen while the video loads and the progressDialog is display for a split second (or less) at end before the video finally loads.
private void showPopupMenu(View v){
popupMenu = new PopupMenu(VideoPlayer.this, v);
if(bitRates != null){
int menuItem = 0;
int index = bitRates.size()-1;
popupMenu.getMenu().add(0,menuItem, 0,"Hide menu");
for(int i=1;i<bitRates.size();i++){
menuItem = i;
popupMenu.getMenu().add(0,menuItem, 0,"Quality"+" : "+bitrateCheck(bitRates.get(index))).setCheckable(true);
Log.i("ITEM",qualityList.get(i)+" : "+bitRates.get(i));
index--;
}
popupMenu.getMenu().add(0,menuItem++, 0,"Catalog");
}
popupMenu.show();
popupMenu.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
public boolean onMenuItemClick(final MenuItem item) {
p_dialog = ProgressDialog.show(VideoPlayer.this, "", "Loading...");
//get current position of video to seek to
final int position = mVideoView.getCurrentPosition();
new Thread() {
public void run() {
try{
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
if(item.getTitle().equals("Catalog")){
backButtonVideo(new View(VideoPlayer.this));
}
else if(item.getTitle().equals("Hide menu")){
popupMenu.dismiss();
mVideoView.start();
}
else{
play(streamUrls.get(item.getItemId()),position);
}
}
});
}
catch (Exception e) {
Log.e("tag", e.getMessage());
}
p_dialog.dismiss();
}
}.start();
return true;
}
});
}
public void play(String _videoUri, int position){
Log.i(TAG,"URI is : "+Uri.parse(_videoUri).toString());
//View view = new View()
MediaController mc = new MediaController(VideoPlayer.this);
mVideoView.setMediaController(mc);
mVideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(_videoUri));
mVideoView.requestFocus();
mVideoView.seekTo(position);
mVideoView.start();
}
////////////////////////Edit with new Code: as per suggestions/////////////////////
Now the dialog does not show at all.
mVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
mVideoView.start();
}
});
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
popupMenu.show();
popupMenu.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
public boolean onMenuItemClick(final MenuItem item) {
//get current position of video to seek to
final int position = mVideoView.getCurrentPosition();
p_dialog = ProgressDialog.show(VideoPlayer.this, "", "Loading...");
try{
if(item.getTitle().equals("Catalog")){
backButtonVideo(new View(VideoPlayer.this));
}
else if(item.getTitle().equals("Hide menu")){
popupMenu.dismiss();
mVideoView.start();
}
else{
play(streamUrls.get(item.getItemId()),position);
}
}
catch (Exception e) {Log.e("tag", e.getMessage());}
return true;
}
});
}
public void play(String _videoUri, int position){
Log.i(TAG,"URI is : "+Uri.parse(_videoUri).toString());
MediaController mc = new MediaController(VideoPlayer.this);
mVideoView.setMediaController(mc);
mVideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(_videoUri));
mVideoView.requestFocus();
mVideoView.seekTo(position);
p_dialog.dismiss();
}

Firstly, it makes no sense to create a separate thread only to run something back on the UI thread (why do you create the thread in the first place then?).
onMenuItemClick should already be called by the UI thread (callbacks for UI elements generally do this).
What you should look at is using a MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener with VideoView.setOnPreparedListener. This will give you an indication of when the video is ready to be played.

I did some rearrangement as per Che Jami and got it to work. Thanks
mVideoView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
p_dialog.dismiss();
mVideoView.start();
}
});
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
popupMenu.show();
popupMenu.setOnMenuItemClickListener(new PopupMenu.OnMenuItemClickListener() {
public boolean onMenuItemClick(final MenuItem item) {
//get current position of video to seek to
final int position = mVideoView.getCurrentPosition();
try{
if(item.getTitle().equals("Catalog")){
backButtonVideo(new View(VideoPlayer.this));
}
else if(item.getTitle().equals("Hide menu")){
popupMenu.dismiss();
mVideoView.start();
}
else{
p_dialog = ProgressDialog.show(VideoPlayer.this, "", "Loading new stream");
play(streamUrls.get(item.getItemId()),position);
}
}
catch (Exception e) {Log.e("tag", e.getMessage());}
return true;
}
});
}
public void play(String _videoUri, int position){
Log.i(TAG,"URI is : "+Uri.parse(_videoUri).toString());
MediaController mc = new MediaController(VideoPlayer.this);
mVideoView.setMediaController(mc);
mVideoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(_videoUri));
mVideoView.requestFocus();
mVideoView.seekTo(position);
}

I have the same problem...i've tried you solution but my progress gets blocked...everything stops...and video doesn't show up...it seems that onPrepareListener is never called up...any ideas? Also it seems that setVideoURI has never passed in code...:/
I have different versions of code...with threads, with runOnUI, with AsyncTask, without everything...nothing seems to be working fully. something is always missing.
EDIT:
I have function that I'm calling in onClickListener
Here is a code like yours without any threads:
Version 1: Video starts after few seconds, progress dialog just show for a moment when video starts. Progress isn't showed from the beginning.
public void loadService(final int mode) {
//Version 1
// Show dialog
loadService = new ProgressDialog(activity);
loadService.setTitle("Loading service");
loadService.setMessage("Please wait...");
loadService.setCancelable(false);
loadService.show();
// Hide progress dialog after 15 seconds if nothing happens
DuoTVGuiHandler.progressBarProttection(loadService, 15);
// Setup video view for playback
if (mode == STAND_ALONE) {
setupVideoView(((DuoTVGuiActivity) activity).getVideoPlayback());
}
if (mode == WIDGET_MODE) {
setupVideoView(((MainActivity) activity).getVideoViewWidgetMode());
}
}
/** Setup video view for playback */
public void setupVideoView(final VideoView videoView) {
videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
loadService.dismiss();
videoView.start();
}
});
videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(channels.get(index).getFilePath()));
}
Version 2 with thread and handler...progress dialog is showed...its spinning...video shows for a second...and the app crashes...WrongThread for UI exception...but when i move setVideoURI in runOnUiThread...progress just stays forever...and setOnVideoURI is never finished.
public void loadService(final int mode) {
// //////////////////////////////
// Version 2
// //////////////////////////////
// Show dialog
loadService = new ProgressDialog(activity);
loadService.setTitle("Loading service");
loadService.setMessage("Please wait...");
loadService.setCancelable(false);
loadService.show();
final Handler handler = new Handler() {
#Override
public void handleMessage(Message msg) {
loadService.dismiss();
super.handleMessage(msg);
}
};
Thread loadVideoPath = new Thread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
if (mode == STAND_ALONE) {
((DuoTVGuiActivity) activity)
.getVideoPlayback()
.setVideoURI(
Uri.parse(channels.get(index).getFilePath()));
}
if (mode == WIDGET_MODE) {
((MainActivity) activity)
.getVideoViewWidgetMode()
.setVideoURI(
Uri.parse(channels.get(index).getFilePath()));
}
handler.sendEmptyMessage(0);
}
});
loadVideoPath.start();
}
Hope you have some idea...I've lost few days on this...and cant see solution...for this pretty basic thing...it drives me crazy :)