Android video streaming example

Question

I want to implement video streaming in my project  So  is there any tutorial that works  Videos are stored at server side  So  to fetch video using URL and play it on Android  I tried some examples  but I got error   Sorry  this video can not be played   I am trying to use MP4

User · Answer

I was facing the same problem and found a solution to get the code to work.

The code given in the android-Sdk/samples/android-?/ApiDemos works fine. Copy paste each folder in the android project and then in the MediaPlayerDemo_Video.java put the path of the video you want to stream in the path variable. It is left blank in the code.

The following video stream worked for me: http://www.pocketjourney.com/downloads/pj/video/famous.3gp

I know that RTSP protocol is to be used for streaming, but mediaplayer class supports http for streaming as mentioned in the code.

I googled for the format of the video and found that the video if converted to mp4 or 3gp using Quicktime Pro works fine for streaming.

I tested the final apk on android 2.1. The application dosent work on emulators well. Try it on devices.

I hope this helps..

User · Answer

I had the same problem but finally I found the way   Here is the walk through   1- Install VLC on your computer  SERVER  and go to Media- Streaming  Ctrl S   2- Select a file to stream or if you want to stream your webcam or    click on  Capture Device  tab and do the configuration and finally click on  Stream  button   3- Here you should do the streaming server configuration  just go to  Option  tab and paste the following command    sout  transcode vcodec mp4v vb 400 fps 10 width 176 height 144 acodec mp4a ab 32 channels 1 samplerate 22050  rtp sdp rtsp   YOURCOMPUTER SERVER IP ADDR 5544     NOTE  Replace YOURCOMPUTER SERVER IP ADDR with your computer IP address or any server which is running VLC     NOTE  You can see  the video codec is MP4V which is supported by android   4- go to eclipse and create a new project for media playbak  create a VideoView object and in the OnCreate   function write some code like this   mVideoView    VideoView  findViewById R id surface view    mVideoView setVideoPath  rtsp   YOURCOMPUTER SERVER IP ADDR 5544     mVideoView setMediaController new MediaController this      5- run the apk on the device  not simulator  i did not check it  and wait for the playback to be started  please consider the buffering process will take about 10 seconds     Question  Anybody know how to reduce buffering time and play video almost live

User · Answer

Your problem is most likely with the video file  not the code  Your video is most likely not  safe for streaming   See where to place videos to stream android for more

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