how to play video from url

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I am beginner in android development and try to play video from link  But it s giving error  sorry we can t play this video   I tried so many links but for all links its show same error   My code is the following   public class VideoDemo extends Activity            private static final String path   http   demo digi-corp com S2LWebservice Resources SampleVideo mp4    private VideoView video   private MediaController ctlr    Override  public void onCreate Bundle icicle                super onCreate icicle               getWindow   setFormat PixelFormat TRANSLUCENT               setContentView R layout videoview                video    VideoView  findViewById R id video               video setVideoPath path                ctlr   new MediaController this               ctlr setMediaPlayer video               video setMediaController ctlr               video requestFocus                 Logcat shows following error message   04-12 15 04 54 245  ERROR PlayerDriver 554   HandleErrorEvent  PVMFErrTimeout

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It has something to do with your link and content. Try the following two links:

    String path="http://www.ted.com/talks/download/video/8584/talk/761";
    String path1="http://commonsware.com/misc/test2.3gp";

    Uri uri=Uri.parse(path1);

    VideoView video=(VideoView)findViewById(R.id.VideoView01);
    video.setVideoURI(uri);
    video.start();

Start with "path1", it is a small light weight video stream and then try the "path", it is a higher resolution than "path1", a perfect high resolution for the mobile phone.

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please check this link   http   developer android com guide appendix media-formats html  videoview can t support some codec    i suggested you to use mediaplayer   when get  sorry   can t play video

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Try this   String LINK    type here the link   setContentView R layout mediaplayer   VideoView videoView    VideoView  findViewById R id video   MediaController mc   new MediaController this   mc setAnchorView videoView   mc setMediaPlayer videoView   Uri video   Uri parse LINK   videoView setMediaController mc   videoView setVideoURI video   videoView start

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Check this UniversalVideoView library its simple and straight forward with controller as well      Here is the code to play the video Add this dependancyy in build gradle      implementation  com linsea universalvideoview 1 1 0 aar    Java Code             UniversalVideoView mVideoView   findViewById R id videoView           Uri uri Uri parse  https   firebasestorage googleapis com v0 b contactform-d9534 appspot com o Vexento 20- 20Masked 20Heroes mp4 alt media amp token 74c2e448-5b1b-47b7-b761-66409bcfbf56            mVideoView setVideoURI uri           UniversalMediaController mMediaController   findViewById R id media controller           mVideoView setMediaController mMediaController           mVideoView start         Xml Code      lt FrameLayout             android id    id video layout              android layout width  match parent              android layout height  200dp              android background   android color black  gt                lt com universalvideoview UniversalVideoView                 android id    id videoView                  android layout width  fill parent                  android layout height  fill parent                  android layout gravity  center                  app uvv autoRotation  true                  app uvv fitXY  false    gt                lt com universalvideoview UniversalMediaController                 android id    id media controller                  android layout width  fill parent                  android layout height  fill parent                  app uvv scalable  true    gt            lt  FrameLayout gt

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You can do it using FullscreenVideoView class  Its a small library project  It s video progress dialog is build in  it s gradle is    compile  com github rtoshiro fullscreenvideoview fullscreenvideoview 1 1 0    your VideoView xml is like this   lt com github rtoshiro view video FullscreenVideoLayout         android id    id videoview          android layout width  match parent          android layout height  match parent    gt    In your activity   initialize it using this way       FullscreenVideoLayout videoLayout   videoLayout    FullscreenVideoLayout  findViewById R id videoview           videoLayout setActivity this            Uri videoUri   Uri parse  YOUR VIDEO URL            try               videoLayout setVideoURI videoUri              catch  IOException e                e printStackTrace                That s it  Happy coding     If want to know more then visit here  Edit  gradle path has been updated  compile it now  compile  com github rtoshiro fullscreenvideoview fullscreenvideoview 1 1 2

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I also got stuck with this issue   I got correct response from server  but couldn t play video  After long time I found a solution here  Maybe  in future this link will be invalid   So  here is my correct code       Uri video   Uri parse  Your link should be in this place          mVideoView setVideoURI video        mVideoView setZOrderOnTop true     Very important line  add it to Your code     mVideoView setOnPreparedListener new MediaPlayer OnPreparedListener               Override          public void onPrepared MediaPlayer mediaPlayer         here write another part of code  which provides starting the video

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Check whether your phone supports the video format or not Even I had the problem when playing a 3gp file but it played a mp4 file perfectly

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pDialog   new ProgressDialog this           Set progressbar message     pDialog setMessage  Buffering           pDialog setIndeterminate false       pDialog setCancelable false          Show progressbar     pDialog show         try              Start the MediaController         MediaController mediacontroller   new MediaController this           mediacontroller setAnchorView mVideoView                  Uri videoUri   Uri parse videoUrl           mVideoView setMediaController mediacontroller           mVideoView setVideoURI videoUri          catch  Exception e             e printStackTrace               mVideoView requestFocus        mVideoView setOnPreparedListener new OnPreparedListener                Close the progress bar and play the video         public void onPrepared MediaPlayer mp                pDialog dismiss                mVideoView start                          mVideoView setOnCompletionListener new OnCompletionListener              public void onCompletion MediaPlayer mp                if  pDialog isShowing                      pDialog dismiss                              finish

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Try Exoplayer2  https   github com google ExoPlayer  It is highly customisable      private void initializePlayer              player   ExoPlayerFactory newSimpleInstance               new DefaultRenderersFactory this                new DefaultTrackSelector    new DefaultLoadControl               playerView setPlayer player             player setPlayWhenReady playWhenReady            player seekTo currentWindow  playbackPosition    Uri uri   Uri parse getString R string media url mp3         MediaSource mediaSource   buildMediaSource uri        player prepare mediaSource  true  false          private MediaSource buildMediaSource Uri uri      return new ExtractorMediaSource Factory        new DefaultHttpDataSourceFactory  exoplayer-codelab           createMediaSource uri       Override public void onStart      super onStart     if  Util SDK INT  gt  23       initializePlayer           Check this url for more details  https   codelabs developers google com codelabs exoplayer-intro  2

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