Android Question Play google drive video in webview

[fasilosman]

Dear all,

I tried to play a video which is in my google drive view web view. The video is showing (thumbnail) but, when I click play, it is no playing. (shows video length - time)
I tried addWebChromeClient, enable javascript etc..

Any one have an idea to solve this please.

Thanks in advance

 

[MarcoRome]

Try

[B4X] Direct Link Google Drive

Hi All. For example, if you need to view a movie in exoplayer and the movie is on Google Drive, you can switch the Direct Link of Google Drive to Exoplayer ("uri"). Original link Example code: Dim link_drive As String =...

www.b4x.com

 

[fasilosman]

Try

Great. Thanks a lot. It worked.
But google drive is too slow when comparing to Icedrive.
Regards

 

[JohnC]

I too have a need to do this, but it seems like most solutions actually "download" the video file first, THEN play it.

I found this solution that seems to actually configure the google drive video file to "stream" instead of downloading, so it would play quicker:

How to Stream Videos directly from Google Drive

Learn how can you utilize Google Drive's API how to stream video from google drive without downloading and you will be able to stream a video.

ppvw.org

 

[MarcoRome]

I too have a need to do this, but it seems like most solutions actually "download" the video file first, THEN play it.

I found this solution that seems to actually configure the google drive video file to "stream" instead of downloading, so it would play quicker:

How to Stream Videos directly from Google Drive

Learn how can you utilize Google Drive's API how to stream video from google drive without downloading and you will be able to stream a video.

ppvw.org

I've done some tests. Make a download anyway (if you try to run the link on the browser it proposes the download).
However, it has the advantage (using the key) of being able to view movies over 100Mb.

 

[MarcoRome]

Great. Thanks a lot. It worked.
But google drive is too slow when comparing to Icedrive.
Regards

I made some tests with 4G line.
A 148.8Mb movie starts in 2,325" seconds