how to play video from url

Question

I am beginner in android development and try to play video from link. But it\'s giving error \"sorry,we can\'t play this video\". I tried so many links but for

Answer 1

It has something to do with your link and content. Try the following two links:

    String path="http://www.ted.com/talks/download/video/8584/talk/761";
    String path1="http://commonsware.com/misc/test2.3gp";

    Uri uri=Uri.parse(path1);

    VideoView video=(VideoView)findViewById(R.id.VideoView01);
    video.setVideoURI(uri);
    video.start();

Start with "path1", it is a small light weight video stream and then try the "path", it is a higher resolution than "path1", a perfect high resolution for the mobile phone.

Answer 2

please check this link : http://developer.android.com/guide/appendix/media-formats.html

videoview can't support some codec .

i suggested you to use mediaplayer , when get "sorry , can't play video"

Answer 3

You can do it using FullscreenVideoView class. Its a small library project. It's video progress dialog is build in. it's gradle is :

compile 'com.github.rtoshiro.fullscreenvideoview:fullscreenvideoview:1.1.0'

your VideoView xml is like this

<com.github.rtoshiro.view.video.FullscreenVideoLayout
        android:id="@+id/videoview"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="match_parent" />

In your activity , initialize it using this way:

    FullscreenVideoLayout videoLayout;

videoLayout = (FullscreenVideoLayout) findViewById(R.id.videoview);
        videoLayout.setActivity(this);

        Uri videoUri = Uri.parse("YOUR_VIDEO_URL");
        try {
            videoLayout.setVideoURI(videoUri);

        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

That's it. Happy coding :)

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Edit: gradle path has been updated. compile it now

compile 'com.github.rtoshiro.fullscreenvideoview:fullscreenvideoview:1.1.2'