2

I am new to Android and to this site so sorry for the questions that might be trivial.

I have a problem with setDataSource MediaMetadataRetriever (I have installed also FFmpegMediaMetadataRetriever and the problem is even worse).

My files are in /storage/removable/stdcard1//DCIM/... All files have been taken either with this mobile (Sony Z running 4.3) or Samsung S2,S4. I have tried to copy some of the files to the internal memory and I get the same issue

I have tried to access them with FileDesriptor and filepath.

The problem is the following: with the original MediaMetadataRetriever : some of the files taken with this phone AND ALL of those taken with Samsung are raising the are IllegalArgumentException. with the FFmpegMediaMetadataRetriever ALL files are raising IllegalArgumentException.

I have installed my app on Samsung S3, S4 and Moto G and get the same problem. Can someone help me?

thank you

leppie
  • 115,091
  • 17
  • 196
  • 297
alexandre200045
  • 21
  • 1
  • 2
  • 1
    Did you add "" to your manifest? I wrote FFmpegMediaMetadataRetriever and I can guarantee there is no way all of those files are failing with an IllegalArgumentException if you are providing the correct path. – William Seemann Apr 02 '14 at 05:41
  • 1
    yes I did. many thanks for the reminder. Actually afer a day of searching (again I am new to Androdi) i figured out that the metadata is not linked ot a file but to a database maintained by Android. Thus some files do not have metadata and the Retriever raises the exception. – alexandre200045 Apr 02 '14 at 15:07

0 Answers0