you can try gstreamer. its a native app. On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Deva R <r.deva...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Dianne, > > Thanks for the reply. > > > If you are creating a device with an external display... > > well, currently there are no APIs for external displays in the platform, > so > > you are going to need to add something that your app can use to direct > video > > playback to that display. > > Currently we have modified at overlay level to send video buffers to > external display device (tv or ..). > > We were able to play video via external display. (via gallery app or > "am start -n com.android.gallery/com.android.camera.MovieView" > command) > > but the problem is, video player gains the surface and screen control, > rest of the UI/apps are blocked, so we couldnt access menu or any > other screens. > > How to overcome this (allow user to access system while video is being > played on external device), atleast a prototype? > - i thought a a native app which bypasses ActivityManager (like > current stagefright in eclair 2.1) will allow user to use UI as usual, > while video is being played i background. > > Thanks, > Deva > > On May 31, 11:52 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > That isn't really how Android works. If you want a video player to run > in > > the background, you would start a Service that controls it (see for > example > > the music app). If you are creating a device with an external display... > > well, currently there are no APIs for external displays in the platform, > so > > you are going to need to add something that your app can use to direct > video > > playback to that display. > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 1:03 AM, Deva R <r.deva...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > guys, any native player available? > > > > > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 5:01 PM, Deva R <r.deva...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm looking for a native video player application, which can be run > in > > > > background (like command line), when other applications launched by > > > > ActivityManager are active in foreground., > > > > > > My requirement is - to launch video playback in a auxiliary display > > > > device, while regular display panel will be active with regular > > > > android apps (menu/lock screen/browser/...) > > > > > > Closest i've come across is stagefright app, but its not complete > > > > video player usecase. > > > > any open core native test app, which can substitute Android media > player? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Deva > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "android-platform" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to android-platf...@googlegroups.com > . > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > android-platform+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-platform%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > <android-platform%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-platform%252bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-platform?hl=en. > > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > hack...@android.com > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see > and > > answer them. > > -- > unsubscribe: > android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-porting%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting > -- unsubscribe: android-porting+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com website: http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting
