Re: [android-developers] MediaPlayer StreamVideo question.

2011-01-09 Thread Mark Murphy
Step #1: Use lowercase http in URLs. Step #2: Don't use an emulator, use hardware. Step #3: Make sure the extension matches the actual file format. Step #4: Use LogCat (via DDMS or adb logcat) to look at any warnings that might be emitted by the multimedia subsystem. On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 9:25

Re: [android-developers] MediaPlayer StreamVideo question.

2011-01-08 Thread Scott Deutsch
I did what you said. Instead of a file for the local path, replaced it with HTTP://.../test.3gp .. = URI uri = Uri.parse("HTTP://./test.3gp"); the file format i used was .3gp? Ignore the . I had a real domain name in there. mMediaPlayer.setDataSource(this,

Re: [android-developers] MediaPlayer StreamVideo question.

2011-01-08 Thread Mark Murphy
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Scott Deutsch wrote: > First question is. is it better to store the apps video as a resource on the > phone? I've heard of a lot of people having problems playing videos stored as resources. I haven't tried it myself, since IMHO shipping videos in the APK is just p

[android-developers] MediaPlayer StreamVideo question.

2011-01-08 Thread Scott Deutsch
Hello Group, First question is. is it better to store the apps video as a resource on the phone? If yes, what format would you recommend. Or, would it be better to store the videos on a web server and stream the videos to the app when requested. My app is going to have lots of video's eventual