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I know there are ways using TextureViews and some other ways, but can we do a video flip in a VideoView, I tried using the method scaleType of X axis to -1, but just getting a black screen. Is there no way to do a simple video flip for a video being played in a videoview? Am I forced to use a TextureView or other methods?

king_below_my_lord
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    I pretty sure you'll have to use a `TextureView`. – Mike M. Apr 18 '16 at 08:10
  • I hope this post helps you http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8586526/rotating-an-android-videoview/16490065#16490065 –  Apr 18 '16 at 09:04

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As you said, the best option is to use TextureView... Android's VideoView can only play videos straight and not mirrored.

If you want your app to play a video mirrored (for instance if the video was recorded using a front camera), you will need to use a TextureView, which can be easily mirrored by specifying android:scaleX=-1 in the XML file, or textureView.setScaleX(-1) in the code. (source)

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  • thought so, still hoped Google's VideoView was a good enough implementation to do video manipulation, and that I was missing something that might allow it. – king_below_my_lord Apr 20 '16 at 11:28