video playback on android

[reven]

my videoview is basically just this

Code:

VideoView videoView = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.videoView1);
videoView.setMediaController(new MediaController(this));
String url = getIntent().getStringExtra("URL");
videoView.setVideoURI(Uri.parse(url));
        
videoView.requestFocus();
videoView.start();

works with some URLs i tried, but if i download the same file, try and stream it using nextpvrs stream?f=[filename], it just doesnt work. i spent about an hour trying to write a custom streamer to get it to work, but each different approach i tried resulted in failed playback. then i discovered some devices just dont support it.

the costar is cheap enough, just will cost me about USD$200 once i pay for the extra shipping + power converter plus about 2 weeks shipping. whereas the netgear neo was about $150USD all up and arrived in 3 days.

[bgowland]

Code:

public class VideoPlayer extends Activity {

    VideoView videoView;
    MediaController controller;
    Uri videoURI = Uri.parse("http://192.168.0.5:7648");

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_ndroidte_video_player);

        try {
            videoView =(VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoView);

            controller = new MediaController(this);
            controller.setAnchorView(videoView);

            videoView.setMediaController(controller);
            videoView.setVideoURI(videoURI);
            videoView.requestFocus();

            videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new OnPreparedListener() {
                public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
                    videoView.start();
                }
            });
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

VideoView is basically a wrapper class for a MediaPlayer instance and associated SurfaceView. When you call the setVideoURI(...) method on VideoView it calls the prepareAsync() method of the MediaPlayer which is why the OnPreparedListener is used to call videoView.start() as it ensures a connection has been established and there's a level of buffering in place.