P Paul Edwards Member Licensed User Longtime User Sep 6, 2015 #1 Hi Is there a tutorial for using VideoView? I am writing an app to play short video clips stored locally (Not streamed). Thanks, Paul
Hi Is there a tutorial for using VideoView? I am writing an app to play short video clips stored locally (Not streamed). Thanks, Paul
Erel B4X founder Staff member Licensed User Longtime User Sep 6, 2015 #2 See the example from the documentation: https://www.b4x.com/android/help/audio.html#videoview Upvote 0
P Paul Edwards Member Licensed User Longtime User Sep 9, 2015 #3 Hi, Tried the code from the documentation example and got an error message from the emulator "cannot play this file". The file was a playable mp4 file lasting about 30 seconds. Haven't been able to get this feature to work. Upvote 0
Hi, Tried the code from the documentation example and got an error message from the emulator "cannot play this file". The file was a playable mp4 file lasting about 30 seconds. Haven't been able to get this feature to work.
DonManfred Expert Licensed User Longtime User Sep 9, 2015 #4 Paul Edwards said: from the emulator Click to expand... Dont use the Android Emulator. It is slow, unreliable.. Use a VM (for ex Genymotion) or a real Device Upvote 0
Paul Edwards said: from the emulator Click to expand... Dont use the Android Emulator. It is slow, unreliable.. Use a VM (for ex Genymotion) or a real Device
RandomCoder Well-Known Member Licensed User Longtime User Sep 9, 2015 #5 Paul Edwards said: ...The file was a playable mp4 file lasting about 30 seconds. Click to expand... The native VideoView is very picky about which files it can play. I've had some MP4 files which I encoded myself not work and others work fine. Here's the official word for what is supported... http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html Upvote 0
Paul Edwards said: ...The file was a playable mp4 file lasting about 30 seconds. Click to expand... The native VideoView is very picky about which files it can play. I've had some MP4 files which I encoded myself not work and others work fine. Here's the official word for what is supported... http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html
P Paul Edwards Member Licensed User Longtime User Sep 9, 2015 #6 DonManfred said: Dont use the Android Emulator. It is slow, unreliable.. Use a VM (for ex Genymotion) or a real Device Click to expand... Hi, I tried installing directly to the phone, but it still gives the same error message. The mp4 file plays ok in media player(windows) though. Upvote 0
DonManfred said: Dont use the Android Emulator. It is slow, unreliable.. Use a VM (for ex Genymotion) or a real Device Click to expand... Hi, I tried installing directly to the phone, but it still gives the same error message. The mp4 file plays ok in media player(windows) though.
P Paul Edwards Member Licensed User Longtime User Sep 9, 2015 #7 RandomCoder said: The native VideoView is very picky about which files it can play. I've had some MP4 files which I encoded myself not work and others work fine. Here's the official word for what is supported... http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html Click to expand... If I transfer the mp4 file to my phone it plays beautifully! I though VideoView simply makes use of the built in video player for the phone. Upvote 0
RandomCoder said: The native VideoView is very picky about which files it can play. I've had some MP4 files which I encoded myself not work and others work fine. Here's the official word for what is supported... http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html Click to expand... If I transfer the mp4 file to my phone it plays beautifully! I though VideoView simply makes use of the built in video player for the phone.
