Hi, Few other developers have asked this question before, I checked those posts. But looks like I have a different issue here. I am using Android Developer Studio 1.0.1 sitting on JRE 1,7 (on a windows laptop).
I am developing an App around a live streaming audio, using MediaPlayer class. If I place the URL in browser, which looks like, http://something.org.uk:8000/blah.mp3, the URL woks/plays perfectly fine from the browser. But my code mediaPlayer = MediaPlayer.create(MainActivity.this, Uri.parse("http://something.org.uk:8000/blah.mp3")); mediaPlayer.setAudioStreamType(AudioManager.STREAM_MUSIC); mediaPlayer.start(); gives exception java.io.FileNotFoundException: No content provider: http://something.org.uk:8000/blah.mp3 at android.content.ContentResolver.openTypedAssetFileDescriptor(ContentResolver.java:761) at android.content.ContentResolver.openAssetFileDescriptor(ContentResolver.java:665) at android.media.MediaPlayer.setDataSource(MediaPlayer.java:960) at android.media.MediaPlayer.setDataSource(MediaPlayer.java:914) at android.media.MediaPlayer.create(MediaPlayer.java:837) at android.media.MediaPlayer.create(MediaPlayer.java:818) at com.example.android.playlivenusound.MainActivity$1.onClick(MainActivity.java:52) at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:4475) at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:18786) at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:730) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:176) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5419) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:525) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:1046) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:862) at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) If I use a local MP3 file (added to the raw folder), it works fine. What am I missing here ?? Please help. Thanks in advance. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.