Converting Byte array (Byte[]) to a video (Android)

Question

So i have uploaded my video to my amazon DataBase, and now i Want to download it and display it, here is the part of my code where i download it:

S3ObjectInputStream content = s3.getObject(
                            Constants.getVideoBucket(),
                            keyList.get(i).getKey().toString())
                            .getObjectContent();
                    byte[] bytes = IOUtils.toByteArray(content);

Now I have the byte array that has the video, but i dont know what to do next. What should i do? I want to display it on a VideoView that I have ready.

help will be much apreciated

ps: i dont want to write down the video to the sd card! (imagine a youtube video, it gisplays but it wont write to ur sd card every video you watch.!)!!!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT1: i did this with the pictures:

S3ObjectInputStream content = s3.getObject(
                            Constants.getPictureBucket(),
                            keyList.get(i).getKey().toString())
                            .getObjectContent();
                    byte[] bytes = IOUtils.toByteArray(content);
bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(bitmaparray.get(i), 0,
                            bitmaparray.get(i).length);             
                    imageview.setImageBitmap(bitmap);

as you can see, i converted the byte array to bitmap and then displayed it to a imageview, could you please help me to do the same with the video one???

i really dont know haha how can i find the format?? i jsut savbed a video done with a samsung galaxy — luthor, May 08 '14 at 14:28
@fadden I also have the same problem in a different context. Can the problem be solved with specific format? In that case, I can consider converting the videos. Currently, I have video in flv,mp4 and webm formats. — cnvzmxcvmcx, Jun 12 '14 at 02:54
Possible duplicate of [how to decode the byte array(.h264 format) in to video in android?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28123759/how-to-decode-the-byte-array-h264-format-in-to-video-in-android) — KeksArmee, Oct 25 '15 at 20:37

Altaf · Answer 1 · 2014-05-09T05:44:08.043

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You can try this with appropriate permissions.

FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream("sdcard path where you want to save video");
out.write(bytes);
out.close();
videoView.setVideoPath(“path to saved video“).

edited May 09 '14 at 05:44

answered May 08 '14 at 05:55

Altaf

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and then??? i also saw this answer in another post, but i dont know how to manage the video – luthor May 08 '14 at 14:29
then you can access the saved video.whether you want to play it or do something else – Altaf May 09 '14 at 05:38
but is it posible to play it without saving it? imagine youtube, if you save everyvideo you see you'll have ur card full in a day. – luthor May 12 '14 at 12:09
No my answer is about the saving of the video. – Altaf May 13 '14 at 08:02
Well i didnt asked for that, so ur answer is useles. – luthor May 13 '14 at 14:39
i also still didn't found answer for this. if someone found please tell me – Abdul Mohsin Sep 08 '14 at 09:14

Converting Byte array (Byte[]) to a video (Android)

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