Viewing mp4-video using VideoView displays a black screen

Question

I need play this video in my android app: "https://storage.weacom.ru/movies/2018_02/12_WTV_zimnik_640.mp4" But i see black screen, look my code:

import android.net.Uri;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

VideoView vidView = (VideoView)findViewById(R.id.myVideo);
String vidAddress = "https://storage.weacom.ru/movies/2018_02/12_WTV_zimnik_640.mp4";
Uri vidUri = Uri.parse(vidAddress);
vidView.setVideoURI(vidUri);

    MediaController vidControl = new MediaController(this);
    vidControl.setAnchorView(vidView);
    vidView.setMediaController(vidControl);

vidView.start();


}

}

Ümañg ßürmån · Answer 1 · 2018-09-30T09:30:01.350

1

Try like this:

private VideoView videoView;

videoView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.videoView);

Uri video = Uri.parse("Your_link");
MediaController vidControl = new MediaController(this);
videoView.setAnchorView(vidControl);
videoView.setVideoURI(video);
videoView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {
  @Override       
  public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
       mp.setLooping(true);
       videoView.start();
    }
});

Hope this helps.

edited Sep 30 '18 at 09:30

answered Sep 30 '18 at 08:45

Ümañg ßürmån

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09-30 20:39:01.820 10708-10722/com.example.viktor.videotest E/MediaPlayerNative: error (1, -2147483648) 09-30 20:39:01.821 10708-10708/com.example.viktor.videotest E/MediaPlayer: Error (1,-2147483648) – mr joyn Sep 30 '18 at 12:28

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 30 '18 at 09:39

try this :

import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.graphics.PixelFormat;
import android.media.MediaPlayer;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.MediaController;
import android.widget.VideoView;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
 VideoView vidView;
 ProgressDialog dialog;
MediaController controller;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    try {
          vidView = (VideoView) findViewById(R.id.myVideo);
          dialog = ProgressDialog.show(MainActivity.this, "wait", "Buffering         
    video...", false);
        dialog.setCancelable(true);
        getWindow().setFormat(PixelFormat.TRANSLUCENT);
         controller = new MediaController(MainActivity.this);
        String vidAddress = "https://storage.weacom.ru/movies/2018_02/12_WTV_zimnik_640.mp4";
        Uri vidUri = Uri.parse(vidAddress);
        vidView.setMediaController(controller);
        vidView.setVideoURI(vidUri);
        vidView.setOnPreparedListener(new MediaPlayer.OnPreparedListener() {

            public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
                dialog.dismiss();
                vidView.start();
            }
        });
    }

    catch (Exception e) {
        dialog.dismiss();

    }

}
}

if you get "can not play this video" change video format ...

you mean not .mp4? after this code i was seen: "can not play this video" — mr joyn, Sep 30 '18 at 12:05
@mrjoyn, If you get this error, it is not from your app read this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7806261/strange-behavior-of-android-videoview-cant-play-video — Majva, Sep 30 '18 at 12:28

Viewing mp4-video using VideoView displays a black screen

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